Charles Peers Temple

Brief Life History of Charles Peers

When Charles Peers Temple was born on 4 December 1879, in Pike, Missouri, United States, his father, Temple, was 41 and his mother, Julia A. Jeans, was 34. He married Pearl Susannah Renneker on 3 May 1903, in St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States in 1910 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 27 October 1950, in San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Charles Peers Temple
1879–1950
Pearl Susannah Renneker
1883–1979
Marriage: 3 May 1903
Vincil Emmett Temple
1904–1990
Kenneth Leslie Temple
1908–1989
Herbert William Temple
1914–1991
Charles Everett Temple
1916–2001
Fay Jean Temple
1921–2016

Sources (20)

  • Charles P Temple in household of Jeptha J Temple, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Charles P Temple, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Charles Peers Temple, "United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English (northern England and London), Scottish, and French: from Middle English, Old French temple ‘temple’ (from Latin templum), denoting a religious house or manorial estate of the Knights Templar. The surname may be a metonymic occupational name for someone who lived or worked at such an establishment, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as Temple in Cornwall (Midlothian). The Knights Templar were a crusading order, so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple. The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.

English: nickname given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.

Americanized form of North German or Dutch Tempel 1.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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