Brief Life History of Emily Bertha
When Emily Bertha Buckman was born on 17 October 1874, in Barnard, Windsor, Vermont, United States, her father, Alzo Buckman, was 39 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Harlow, was 31. She married Henry E Smith on 10 April 1889, in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States in 1880 and Pomfret, Windsor, Vermont, United States in 1900. She died on 5 June 1961, in Springfield, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Woodstock, Windsor, Vermont, United States.
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- Emily B Fisk, "United States 1950 Census"
- Emily Buckman, "Vermont Marriages, 1791-1974"
- Emily Bertha Buckman Fisk, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a goatherd, Middle English bukkeman (from Old English bucca ‘he-goat’ + mann ‘man’).
English: occupational name for a scholar, scribe student, or bookbinder, from Middle English bok, buk(e) ‘book’ + man (from Old English bōc ‘book’ + mann ‘man’).
Americanized form of German Buckmann or Bückmann: derivative of Buck .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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