Brief Life History of Charlotte
When Charlotte Yerkes was born on 28 May 1876, in Washington Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States, her father, Henry Clay Yerkes, was 49 and her mother, Mary Ellen Woodward, was 42. She married James Oliver Shanks on 1 September 1897, in Carrollton, Burlington Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 13 October 1923, in Camden, Jackson Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States, at the age of 47.
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- Charlotte Yerkes in household of Henry Yerkes, "United States Census, 1880"
- Carlotte Yerkes, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Charlottie Yerkes Shanks, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
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.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Jerkes, Jerks, a patronymic from the personal name Jerke .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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