Brief Life History of Mervin M
When Mervin M Casler was born on 10 May 1879, in Lowville, Lewis, New York, United States, his father, Michael Casler, was 26 and his mother, Julia Jane Flint, was 17. He married Grace A. Lake in 1899. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in New Bremen, Lewis, New York, United States for about 5 years and Croghan, Croghan, Lewis, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 June 1941, in Croghan, Lewis, New York, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Petries Corners, Lewis, New York, United States.
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- Mervin Casler, "New York State Census, 1892"
- Mervin M Casler, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Marvin Caslem, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
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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.
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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Kassler .
English: perhaps a habitational name from any of several places in Cumbria called Castle Howe, from Middle English castel ‘castle, earthwork’ + howe ‘mound’ (Old Norse haugr), or alternatively a topographic or occupational name from Middle English casteler ‘dweller or worker at a castle’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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