Brief Life History of Charles Albert
When Charles Albert Collier was born on 20 September 1860, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, William Francis Collier, was 35 and his mother, Susan Barstow, was 29. He lived in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1870. He died on 10 May 1873, in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 12, and was buried in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Chas A Collins, "United States Census, 1870"
- Charles Collier, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
- Charles Albert Collier, "Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English colier, in most parts of the country ‘maker or seller of charcoal’, but in some areas (such as Bolton le Moors and Wigan, Lancashire) where coal measures were near the surface, ‘miner or seller of coal’ (in the modern sense, ‘fossil fuel’). The name was taken to Ireland from England and was first recorded there in 1305. In Petty's ‘census’ of 1659, it was recorded as a principal surname in Meath.
English: occupational name from Middle English coilour, coliour, culliour, Old French coileor, coillour ‘tax collector’. Surnames with this origin seem to have died out in Britain.
French (northern): from collier ‘collar’, a metonymic occupational name for a maker of collars.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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