Brief Life History of Charles Wilson
When Charles Wilson Voris was born on 17 March 1868, in Indiana, United States, his father, Corp. John R. Voris, was 36 and his mother, Elizabeth Jane Swain, was 25. He married Amy Jane White on 29 January 1896, in Grant, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Noble Township, Wabash, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Gas City, Mill Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1930. He died on 27 April 1949, in Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Gas City, Mill Township, Grant, Indiana, United States.
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- Charles W Doris, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles W Voris - Government record: birth: March 1868; Indiana, United States
- Charles W Voris, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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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
Variant of Voorhis , a surname of Dutch origin (see Voorhees ). Compare Vooris , Vorce , Vorous , and Vorys .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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