Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward Challans was born on 2 January 1869, in Waverly, Morgan, Illinois, United States, his father, George Paul Challans, was 44 and his mother, Mary Ann Woodcock, was 34. He married Anna Corinne McAlister on 2 March 1898, in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Loami, Sangamon, Illinois, United States for about 30 years and Thise, Viborg, Denmark in 1937. He died on 3 October 1937, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Waverly, Morgan, Illinois, United States.
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- Edward Challons in household of George Challons, "United States Census, 1870"
- Edward Challons, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Edward Challans, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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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.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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
Norman, English: variant of Challen with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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