Charles Harold Aikens

Brief Life History of Charles Harold

When Charles Harold Aikens was born on 22 January 1891, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, his father, Samuel Charles Aikens, was 34 and his mother, Ella Myra Loring, was 30. He married Blanch Nancy Holbrook on 26 January 1926, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in District 531, DeKalb, Georgia, United States in 1950 and DeKalb, Georgia, United States in 1983. He died on 31 January 1983, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Harold Aikens
1891–1983
Julia Allen Timm
1892–1921
Charles Harold Aikens Jr
1916–1985
Allen Timm Aikens
1917–2013
Corinna Loring Aikens
1921–2017

Sources (15)

  • Charles H Aikens, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Charles H Aikins, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"
  • Charles Harold Aikens, "Georgia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia

The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.

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.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Atkin , with genitival or excrescent -s (compare Atkins ).

Dutch and East Frisian: patronymic from the personal name Aike, a diminutive of Aai/Aie, a variant or a short form of the personal names Aaielt, Age, Ad(d)e or Adriaan. In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Eikens .

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

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