Brief Life History of Ernest William
When Ernest William Staton was born on 4 February 1882, in Henderson, North Carolina, United States, his father, James Taylor Staton, was 22 and his mother, Elizabeth “Lizzie” T. Maxwell, was 18. He married Bessie E. Hoffman on 27 January 1909, in Rowan, Bladen, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Township 1, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 26 April 1959, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.
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- Earnest W Staten, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ernest William Staton - Published information: birth-name: Ernest William Staton
- Ernest Wm Staton, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from Stathern (Leicestershire), from Old English staca ‘stake’ + thyrne ‘thorn bush’.
variant of Staden, a habitational name from Staden in King Sterndale (Derbyshire), from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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