Charles Small

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Small was born in 1870, in Decatur, Indiana, United States, his father, John Small, was 33 and his mother, Margaret "Maggie" Randall, was 33. He married Anna Virginia Norris about 1891, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949 and Shawnee Township, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1950. He died on 3 June 1952, in Wyandotte, Grundy, Missouri, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in New King Hill Cemetery, Saint Joseph, Buchanan, Missouri, United States.

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Charles Small
1870–1952
Anna Virginia Norris
1873–1915
Marriage: about 1891
John David Small
1892–1962
Hazel Irene Small
1893–1974
Viola Ellen Small
1895–1970
Herbert Edward Small
1898–1970
Ralph Gilbert Small
1898–1954

Sources (10)

  • Charles Small, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Charles Small, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Charles Small in entry for John D Small and Ethel H Ford, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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.

1877 · Nicodemus is Founded

The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish (Angus): nickname for a person of slender build or diminutive stature, from Middle English smal(e), smel(e) ‘small, slender, thin’ (Old English smæl).

Irish (Down): adopted for Beag ‘small’; see Begg .

Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘small’, e.g. German Klein and Schmal , Polish Mały, Czech and Slovak Malý (see Maly 1).

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

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