When Eliza Jane Calvin was born on 25 February 1852, in Vermont, Howard Township, Howard, Indiana, United States, her father, Hiram Calvin, was 46 and her mother, Margaret Ann Duryea, was 33. She married Joseph Carr on 16 May 1869, in Keokuk, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Battle Creek Township, Lincoln, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Colorado Township, Lincoln, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 November 1925, in Beverly, Lincoln, Kansas, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, Lincoln, Kansas, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries: 1867: Lincoln, Kansas, United States
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
English (Lancashire and Cumberland; of Norman origin): nickname from Anglo-Norman French cauf ‘bald’ + the diminutive suffix -in.
In some cases also French: variant of Cauvin , a cognate of 1 above.
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