Brief Life History of Carrie May
When Carrie May Aikens was born on 13 May 1868, in Spartansburg, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, George W. Aikens, was 33 and her mother, Lucinda Murdock, was 25. She married James Buchanan Chelton on 22 February 1885. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Sparta Township, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 15 January 1928, in Concord Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 59, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Titusville, Crawford, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Carrie M Aikens in household of George W Aikens, "United States Census, 1870"
- Carrie May Aikens Chelton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Carrie Aikens in entry for Ernest D Chelton and Juva L Culver, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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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 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Atkin , with genitival or excrescent -s (compare Atkins ).
Dutch and East Frisian: patronymic from the personal name Aike, a diminutive of Aai/Aie, a variant or a short form of the personal names Aaielt, Age, Ad(d)e or Adriaan. In North America, this surname may also be an altered form of the variant Eikens .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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