Brief Life History of Arba Raymond
When Arba Raymond Fisk was born on 28 August 1873, in Binghamton, Broome, New York, United States, his father, George M. Fisk, was 28 and his mother, Martha VanHouten, was 24. He married Carrie M Covey in 1895. He lived in Orange, New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1920 and West Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1930. He died in December 1963, at the age of 90.
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- Arba R Fiske, "United States Census, 1920"
- Arba Raymond Fiske, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Arba Fiske, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1876 · Pope Manufacturing Co. Begins Automobile Manufacturing
Pope Manufacturing Company produced bicycles, motorcycles, and automobiles. The main office is located in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1915, the company ceased producing motorcycles.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English (East Anglia): metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone supposedly resembling a fish in some way, from Old Norse fiskr ‘fish’ (cognate with Old English fisc). See Fish 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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