When Charlsie Rebecca Leake was born on 13 November 1881, in Dawson, DeKalb, Alabama, United States, her father, Moses Asbury Leake, was 48 and her mother, Charlotte Lucinda Wofford, was 37. She married James Homer Chadwick on 31 October 1907, in DeKalb, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Election Precinct 17 Graham, DeKalb, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Midland Township, Pontotoc, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 12 June 1944, in Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Purcell, McClain, Oklahoma, United States.
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A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
Historical Boundaries: 1882: DeKalb, Alabama, United States
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
English:
habitational name from Leake (Lincolnshire), East and West Leake (Nottinghamshire), Leek (Staffordshire), Leck (Lancashire), Leak (NorthYorkshire), or Leak Hall in Cumberworth (West Yorkshire). The placenames derive from Old English lece or Old Scandinavian lœkr, both meaning ‘brook’. See also Like .
possibly also a nickname from Middle English lek ‘leek’ (Old English lēac), perhaps for a grower or seller of leeks.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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