Brief Life History of Martha Marie
When Martha Marie Altic was born on 17 February 1850, in Mulberry, Madison Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States, her father, Joel Altice, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Sink, was 29. She married John Calvin Aitkens on 7 April 1870, in Clinton, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Madison Township, Clinton, Indiana, United States in 1860. She died on 20 March 1937, in Amagon, Jackson, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Balch, Jackson, Arkansas, United States.
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- Martha A Aitkens in household of John K Aitkens, "United States Census, 1880"
- Martha Marie Aitkens - Mullins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Martha M Altic in household of Joel Altic, "United States Census, 1860"
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1858
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Clinton, Indiana, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Altig . Compare Altice and Altis .
In some cases probably also Bosniak (Altić): metronymic from the Bosniak Muslim female personal name Alta, a short form of Altuna, derived from Bosnian altun ‘gold’, a loanword from Turkish.
History: The English clerk who recorded the landing of Daniel Altig (later Altic) in Philadelphia, PA, in 1749 spelled his name Altik and Alteck in two different instances. Some branches of the family later further altered its spelling to Altick or Altice or Altis.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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