Brief Life History of Francis
Francis Kent was born on 6 June 1883, in Newark Township, Essex, New Jersey, United States as the son of Munson Kent and Eda Larsonen.
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Family Time Line
Munson Kent
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Eda Larsonen
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Francis Kent
1883–
Sources (1)
- Francis Kent, "New Jersey, Births and Christenings, 1660-1980"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (3)
1886
Age 3
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 3
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
1894
Age 11
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from the county of Kent. The surname is also established in Ireland, where English bearers of this name settled in Meath, in the 13th century. The name has been Gaelicized as Ceannt.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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