Brief Life History of Anna Mariah
When Anna Mariah Skinner was born on 20 April 1851, in Michigan, United States, her father, Caleb Olin Skinner, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth King, was 21. She married Alfred Hezekiah Dickinson on 8 September 1874, in Clarendon, Calhoun, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Allen, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died in 1931, in Litchfield, Hillsdale, Michigan, United States, at the age of 80.
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- Anna M Dickinson, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ann M. Finley, "Michigan, Births and Christenings, 1775-1995"
- Ann Finley, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
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1854 · Creation of the Republican Party
A debate continues over the location of the creation of the Republican Party. Some sources claim the party was formed in Ripon, Wisconsin, on February 28, 1854. Others claim the first meeting of the Republican Party took place in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, 1854, where the Republican Party was officially organized. Over 1,000 people were present and candidates were selected for the party, thus making it the first Republican convention.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for someone who stripped the hide from animals to be used in the production of fur garments, or to be tanned for leather, from Middle English skinner ‘skinner’, an agent derivative of Middle English skin(n) ‘hide, pelt’ (Old Norse skinn).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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