Brief Life History of Dana Bird
When Dana Bird Carmer was born in November 1874, in Ischua, Cattaraugus, New York, United States, his father, Martin M. Carmer, was 35 and his mother, Isabel Besecker, was 30. He married Angela Miller in 1899, in Ischua, Cattaraugus, New York, United States. He lived in Olean, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1930 and Hinsdale, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1940. He died on 16 June 1948, in Hinsdale, Salina, Onondaga, New York, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Maplehurst, Hinsdale, Cattaraugus, New York, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Dana Carmer, "New York State Census, 1892"
- Dana D Carmer, "New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956"
- Dane Bird Carmer, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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
Americanized form of German Kermer: nickname meaning ‘Carmelite’ (see Carmel 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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