When John Steadman Atkinson was born on 26 January 1885, in Little Shemogue, Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada, his father, Joseph Silliker Atkinson, was 44 and his mother, Elizabeth Grant, was 34. He married Idabel Rolselle on 24 July 1916, in Chatham, Kent, Ontario, Canada. He lived in Botsford, Westmorland, New Brunswick, Canada in 1891 and Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States for about 31 years. He died in February 1967, in Ohio, United States, at the age of 82.
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Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
English (northern): patronymic from the personal name Atkin or Adkin, pet forms of Adam.
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