Charles Samuel Cregger

Brief Life History of Charles Samuel

When Charles Samuel Cregger was born on 16 October 1869, in Wythe, Virginia, United States, his father, Amandus Ambrose Criger, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Staley, was 34. He married Anna Louella Fisher on 4 July 1912, in Smyth, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Northfork, McDowell, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Beaver Pond District, Mercer, West Virginia, United States for about 5 years. In 1940, at the age of 71, his occupation is listed as carpenter in Beaver Pond District, Mercer, West Virginia, United States. He died on 1 December 1940, in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Kimberling Cemetery, Rural Retreat, Wythe, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Samuel Cregger
1869–1940
Anna Louella Fisher
1889–1972
Marriage: 4 July 1912
Helen Beatrice Cregger
1913–1968
Sidney Berlin Cregger
1915–1978
Mildred Virginia Cregger
1918–2005
Charles Preston Cregger Sr
1921–1975
Magnell Cregger
1924–2010

Sources (34)

  • Charles S Creager, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Charles H Crigger, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • C S Cregar, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch and German Kreger , or German Kröger (see Kroeger ).

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

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