Carey Weston Modlin

Brief Life History of Carey Weston

When Carey Weston Modlin was born on 10 November 1871, in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, his father, Samuel Modlin, was 37 and his mother, Mary Eliza Turner, was 27. He married Zenovah Hill Seeley on 27 December 1893, in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Providence Township, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia, United States in 1910. He died on 5 September 1910, in Berkeley, Berkeley, Virginia, United States, at the age of 38.

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Carey Weston Modlin
1871–1910
Zenovah Hill Seeley
1872–1951
Marriage: 27 December 1893
Carey Samuel Modlin
1896–1916
Otelia Seeley Modlin
1898–1971
Margaret Elizabeth Modlin
1902–1981
Blanch Virginia Modlin
1909–1995

Sources (18)

  • Modlin, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Carey W Mockin, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Carey Modliie, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1853-1934"

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1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

Jewish (from Belarus): patronymic from the Yiddish personal name Modle, a pet form of Mordecai + the Slavic possessive suffix -in.

English (northern): unexplained.

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

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