Brief Life History of Emily Caroline
When Emily Caroline Karnes was born on 12 April 1862, in Eldorado, Saline, Illinois, United States, her father, Lencen B Karnes, was 32 and her mother, Susan Skelton, was 28. She married William Axley Bucher Shaw on 11 November 1877, in Saline, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Saline, Saline, Illinois, United States in 1870 and East Eldorado Township, Saline, Illinois, United States for about 38 years. She died on 12 April 1938, in Eldorado, Saline, Illinois, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Eldorado, Saline, Illinois, United States.
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- Emaly C Karnes in household of Susan Karnes, "United States Census, 1870"
- Emily Caroline Shaw, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Emily C Kames, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of Kearns .
perhaps also anAmericanized form of Polish Karniesz, a noun derivative ofthe adjective karny ‘obedient’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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