Marvin Edward Ackley

Brief Life History of Marvin Edward

When Marvin Edward Ackley was born on 21 November 1879, in Fairport, DeKalb, Missouri, United States, his father, Allen Sylvester Ackley, was 29 and his mother, Sophia Elizabeth Tucker, was 23. He married Mary Ellen Cunningham on 21 November 1900, in Sheffield, Jackson, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He died on 25 November 1942, in Deadwood, Lawrence, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Aberdeen, Brown, South Dakota, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marvin Edward Ackley
1879–1942
Mary Ellen Cunningham
1880–1946
Marriage: 21 November 1900
Ethel Jane Ackley
1902–1989
John Henry Ackley
1903–1973
Frances Elizabeth Ackley
1905–1960

Sources (13)

  • M E Ackley, "South Dakota, State Census, 1925"
  • Marion E Ackley, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Marvin E Ackley, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1883

Historical Boundaries: 1883: Brown, Dakota Territory, United States 1889: Brown, Dakota, United States

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: habitational name from Aycliffe, Durham, recorded as Aykley in 1555. Alternatively, it may be from any of various places called in Old English as āc lēah ‘oak clearing’. Compare Oakley , which has the same origin. Compare also Akeley and Akley .

English (Northumberland and Durham): in some cases, a variant of Arkley, which is of uncertain origin.

Americanized form of Swiss German Egli .

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

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