Brief Life History of William Francis
When William Francis Carman was born on 21 September 1904, in New York, United States, his father, Stephen Abraham Carman, was 38 and his mother, Alice Blake Howe, was 37. He married Lena Bess Lewis on 7 February 1925, in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Catharine, Schuyler, New York, United States in 1950. He died on 15 February 1982, in Elmira, Chemung, New York, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Odessa, Catharine, Schuyler, New York, United States.
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- William Carman, "United States 1950 Census"
- William Francis Carman, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- William Carman, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: from Old Norse karmann, a variant of karlmann (nominative case karlmathr), composed of the elements karl ‘male, man’ + mathr ‘man, person’.
English: variant of Charman , either an occupational name for a carter, carrier, or coachman, or an occupational name for someone who did odd jobs.
Altered form of Dutch Karman .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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