Luther Calvin Ahalt

Brief Life History of Luther Calvin

When Luther Calvin Ahalt was born on 18 July 1868, in Broad Run, Frederick, Maryland, United States, his father, Benjamin S Ahalt, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Elizabeth Derr, was 29. He married Mary Catherine Beachley on 18 December 1890, in Christ Reformed Church, Frederick, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Frederick, Maryland, United States in 1935 and Jefferson, Frederick, Maryland, United States in 1940. He died on 26 September 1944, in Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Zion Lutheran Cemetery, Middletown, Frederick, Maryland, United States.

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Family Time Line

Luther Calvin Ahalt
1868–1944
Mary Catherine Beachley
1868–1938
Marriage: 18 December 1890
Martin L Ahalt
1891–
Luther Benjamin Ahalt
1891–1971
Marshall Carlton Ahalt
1893–1969
Homer Slater Ahalt
1895–1951
Claude Beachley Ahalt
1898–1971
Hattie Elizabeth Ahalt
1900–1991
Catherine Gertrude Ahalt
1904–1988
Vernon Calvin Ahalt
1906–1974

Sources (12)

  • Calvin Aholt in household of Paul Stockman, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Luther Calvin Ahalt, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Luther C Ahalt in entry for Homer Slater Ahalt, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

World Events (8)

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.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

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 Ehalt ‘servant’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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