Annie Abbie Fowles

Brief Life History of Annie Abbie

When Annie Abbie Fowles was born in 1875, in Edgecomb, Lincoln, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Charles E. Fowles, was 33 and her mother, Abigail Ellen Higgins, was 34. She married Jesse Field Benton on 20 March 1899, in Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Rutland, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1900 and Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1920.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Field Benton
1878–1902
Annie Abbie Fowles
1875–
Marriage: 20 March 1899
Paul Fowles Benton
1900–1984

Sources (13)

  • Annie F Breatt in household of Walter G Breatt, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Annie Fowles - Government record: birth-name: Annie Fowles
  • Annie Abbey Fowles, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"

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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.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Fowle , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Scottish: variant of Foulis, a habitational name from Fowlis in Angus, or, less commonly, from Fowlis Wester in Strathearn, Perthshire.

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

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