Charles Price Deems

Brief Life History of Charles Price

When Charles Price Deems was born on 22 April 1885, in New York City, New York County, New York, United States, his father, Rev. Dr. Edward Mark Deems, was 33 and his mother, Virginia Watkins Price, was 22. He married Ruth Babcock on 22 June 1915, in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. He lived in San Rafael, Marin, California, United States in 1920 and San Francisco, California, United States in 1930. He died on 13 March 1955, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp, Richmond, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Price Deems
1885–1955
Ruth Babcock
1888–1970
Marriage: 22 June 1915
Margaret Babcock Deems
1916–1939
Elizabeth Deems
1918–2007
Ruth Deems
1921–2008

Sources (44)

  • Charles Price Deems, "New York State Census, 1892"
  • Charles Price Deems, "New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
  • Charles P Deems, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station

Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English: derivative of Deem , meaning ‘(son or servant) of the judge’.

Dutch: case inflected variant of Daems or Daams, a patronymic from the personal name Daam from the personal name Adam . Compare Dahms .

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

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