Brief Life History of Canzadia Iona
When Canzadia Iona Hicks was born in December 1858, in California, United States, her father, John Wesley Hicks, was 38 and her mother, Dorothy Isabelle Speegle, was 30. She married George Marion Hancock on 14 February 1877, in Butte, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Chico Judicial Township, Butte, California, United States for about 40 years. She died on 3 April 1906, in Butte, California, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Chico Cemetery, Chico, Butte, California, United States.
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- Canzada James in household of J M James, "United States Census, 1880"
- Canzadia I. James, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Cansadia Iona Hicks, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hick , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This is a widespread surname in England, and is also common in southwest and southern Wales.
German: patronymic from Hick . Compare Hix .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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