Brief Life History of Amariah L.
When Amariah L. Tilton was born on 16 March 1863, in Bakersville, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States, his father, Lewis S. Tilton, was 30 and his mother, Caroline Lake, was 29. He married Isabelle Smith in 1881, in Bakersville, Jefferson Township, Somerset, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Atlantic, New Jersey, United States in 1905 and Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1933, at the age of 70, and was buried in Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States.
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- Ameriale Tilton, "New Jersey State Census, 1885"
- Tilton, "New Jersey, Reclaim the Records, Geographic Birth Index, 1901-1929"
- Amariah Tilton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1877
Historical Boundaries: 1877: Atlantic, New Jersey, United States
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Name Meaning
English (Berkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Tilton in Leicestershire, named with the Old English personal name Tila, Tilla + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.
History: William Tilton came to Lynn, MA, in or before 1637. Many of his descendants were master mariners, living on Martha's Vineyard. James Tilton of DE (1745–1822) was a physician who became US surgeon general.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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