Gladwin

Brief Life History of Gladwin

When Gladwin was born on 21 December 1898, in Central Falls, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Thomas Gladwin, was 41 and his mother, Harriet Pearson, was 37. He lived in Rhode Island, United States in 1898.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Gladwin
1857–
Harriet Pearson
1861–1947
Joseph Gladwin
1885–1885
Sarah Elizabeth Gladwin
1886–1949
Amy Gladwin
1888–
Marie Gladwin
1890–
Maude Sybil Merow
1891–1971
Lucy Gladwin
1895–1958
Gladwin
1898–
Eveline Gladwin
1899–1900
Arthur Gladwin
1901–1902

Sources (2)

  • Baby Gladwin, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
  • Gladwin, "Rhode Island, Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"

World Events (3)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1907 · Larchmont sinks

On February 11, 1907, a passenger ship gets rammed by a coal carrier just southwest of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. It takes only 10 minutes for the Larchmont to sink. Only 19 of those on board survive. The next day bodies of those that had been on the ship continue to wash up onto the shore.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Glad(e)wine, Gledwine from an Old English Glædwine, composed of the elements glæd ‘shining, joyful’ + wine ‘friend’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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