Brief Life History of Elva Elzada
When Elva Elzada Carrier was born on 17 February 1863, in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Edwin George Carrier, was 24 and her mother, Catherine Elizabeth Robinson, was 21. She had at least 1 son with Burt W Dennison. She lived in Bay City, Bay, Michigan, United States in 1880 and Fort Myers, Lee, Florida, United States in 1920. She died on 2 September 1953, in Gerton, Henderson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States.
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- Elva E Dennison in household of Edwin G Carrier, "United States Census, 1920"
- Elva Elzada Denison, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
- Elra E Carrier in household of E G Carrier, "United States Census, 1870"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Armand, Andre, Marcel, Emile, Lucien, Cecile, Alain, Gaetan, Gilles, Jacques, Laurent, Normand.
English and southern French: from Middle English, Old French car(r)ier (from Late Latin carrarius, a derivative of carrum ‘cart, wagon’, a word of Gaulish origin), an occupational name for a carter (see Carter ), in French also for a cartwright. Compare French Charrier .
French: occupational name for a stonemason or quarryman, carrier. Compare Coyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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