Charles Ellsworth Buck

Brief Life History of Charles Ellsworth

When Charles Ellsworth Buck was born on 15 October 1880, in La Plata, Macon, Missouri, United States, his father, John Vinton Buck, was 32 and his mother, Rhoda N Dowd, was 34. He married May Tessie Buck on 28 February 1911, in Gibbs, Adair, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Madison Township, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1930 and Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1940. He died on 6 February 1960, in Iowa, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Ellsworth Buck
1880–1960
May Tessie Buck
1889–1967
Marriage: 28 February 1911
Coweta Agnew Buck
1912–1985
Mildred Lucille Buck
1913–2016
Howard Nelson Buck
1915–1981

Sources (14)

  • Carles E Buck in household of John V Buck, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Charles E Buck - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Charles E Buck
  • Charles E Buck, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).

German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).

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

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