Charles Tracy

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Tracy was born on 28 January 1824, in Tracy, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Jeremiah Tracy, was 37 and his mother, Mary Webb, was 36. He married Olive Jane Kelly on 29 November 1854, in Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Gladstone, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada in 1881 and Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada in 1911. He died in 1918, at the age of 94, and was buried in Tracy, Sunbury, New Brunswick, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Charles Tracy
1824–1918
Olive Jane Kelly
1831–1911
Marriage: 29 November 1854
Charles Leonard Tracy
1857–1924
Violetta E. Tracy
1859–1910
Jennie Amanda Tracy
1869–1965

Sources (14)

  • Charles Tracy, "Canada Census, 1901"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Charles TRACY - birth-name: Charles TRACY
  • Charlie Tracy in entry for Violetta E Watson, "Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921"

World Events (8)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Tracey .

Irish: variant of Treacy .

Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish name.

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

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