Brief Life History of Ada Jane
When Ada Jane Crockett was born on 19 October 1856, in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine, United States, her father, Walden Greene Crockett, was 23 and her mother, Emeline Arey, was 26. She married Francis Augustus Bunker on 4 May 1872, in Vinalhaven, Knox, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 25 September 1927, in Belfast, Waldo, Maine, United States, at the age of 70.
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- Ada Bunker in household of Frank Bunker, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ada Crockett, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
- Ada Crackett Bunker in entry for Richard Merriam and Katherine Alice Bunker, "Rhode Island Town Marriages Index, 1639-1916"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire) and Scottish (of Norman origin): nickname for someone who affected a particular hairstyle, from Anglo-Norman French croket ‘ornamental curl or roll of hair’ (Old Norman French croquet, a diminutive of croque ‘curl, hook’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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