Helen Adelia Calkins

Brief Life History of Helen Adelia

When Helen Adelia Calkins was born on 25 December 1850, in Indiana, United States, her father, Nathaniel Calkins III, was 48 and her mother, Elizabeth Norton, was 40. She married Joseph Goyette I on 4 April 1867, in Kankakee, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Rooks Creek Township, Livingston, Illinois, United States in 1860 and Saint Anne, Kankakee, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died on 17 June 1916, in Kankakee, Kankakee, Illinois, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mount Carmel Catholic Cemetery, Hillside, Cook, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Goyette I
1846–1893
Helen Adelia Calkins
1850–1916
Marriage: 4 April 1867
Joseph Goyette II
1870–1940
William Eben Goyette
1873–1938
Alice Lydia Goyette
1875–1965
Agnes Lucy Goyette
1882–1920
George Goyette
1882–1962

Sources (42)

  • Hellen Gayette in household of Joseph Gayette, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Helen Goyette, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Ellen Colkins, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1851 · Constitution of 1851

Due to the state’s financial crisis during the previous decade and growing criticism toward state government. Voters approve the Constitution of 1851 which forbade the state government from going into debt.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Culkin , with English excrescent -s added.

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

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