Brief Life History of Coleman Cecil
When Coleman Cecil Oldaker was born on 18 September 1897, in Cass, Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States, his father, David Oldaker, was 55 and his mother, Emma Byrd Dean, was 29. He married Freda Mae Day on 29 March 1919, in Upshur, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Rural, Wise, Virginia, United States in 1935 and Union District, Upshur, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 27 December 1958, in Buckhannon, Upshur, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 61.
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- Coleman Oldaker, "United States Census, 1940"
- Coleman Cecil Oldaker, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Coleman Cecil Oldaker, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): topographic name for someone who lived by a place called ‘the old plowed field’ (Old English ald ‘old’ + æcer ‘plot of arable or cultivated land’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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