Arcelia Calkins

Brief Life History of Arcelia

When Arcelia Calkins was born on 9 November 1834, in Chenango, New York, United States, her father, Lyman Simon Calkins, was 23 and her mother, Amy Albee, was 23. She married Curtice Badgley about 1850, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and Harmony, Chautauqua, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died on 26 April 1903, in Westmoreland, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Donald Mcdonald
1828–1903
Arcelia Calkins
1834–1903
Marriage: 1860
Nathan Peter McDonald
1862–1937
Lamont M MacDonald
1864–1927

Sources (9)

  • Arcelia L Hoag, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Arcelia Calkins in entry for John P Badgley, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Aurelia Badgley, "United States Census, 1860"

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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1854

Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Culkin , with English excrescent -s added.

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

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