Brief Life History of Elmer Roy
When Elmer Roy Bracken was born on 6 November 1883, in Blacklick Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Davis or David Bracken, was 43 and his mother, Isabelle M Rudy, was 45. He lived in Cambria City, Johnstown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States for about 3 years and Cambria Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States in 1920. He died in 1940, at the age of 57, and was buried in Indiana, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Elmer Bracken, "United States Census, 1920"
- Elmer Roy Bracken, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Elmer R Bracken, "Find A Grave Index"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Breacáin ‘descendant of Breacán’, a personal name from a diminutive of breac ‘speckled, spotted’, which was borne by a 6th-century Christian saint who lived at Ballyconnel, County Cavan, and was famous as a healer; Saint Bricin's Military Hospital, Dublin is named in his honor.
Irish: from Ó Bragáin, see Bragan .
English: topographic name from Middle English braken ‘bracken’ (from Old English bræcen or Old Norse brakni), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, such as Bracken in East Yorkshire, Bracken Fold in Westmorland, or Bracon Ash in Norfolk.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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