When Virginia E Carson was born on 25 September 1855, in Sonoma, California, United States, her father, Lindsey Carson Jr, was 37 and her mother, Maria Louisa Gordon, was 24. She lived in Healdsburg, Sonoma, California, United States in 1860. She died on 11 November 1865, in Lake, California, United States, at the age of 10.
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The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Historical Boundaries: 1861: Lake, California, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: probably a habitational name from an unlocated place in southwestern Scotland called Acarson or Carsan. This surname was taken to Northern Ireland in the early 17th century. Alternatively, it may be a hybrid patronymic name composed of Irish cearr ‘left-handed’ + English son ‘son’.
English: variant of Corston, a habitational name from one of the many places so called in Norfolk, Shropshire, Somerset, or Wiltshire.
In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Kåsen (see Kasen ).
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