Brief Life History of Bertrand Cornelius
When Bertrand Cornelius Pike was born on 6 February 1873, in New York, United States, his father, Cornelius Pike, was 31 and his mother, Laura Ann Barker, was 26. He married Lena Paul on 30 August 1911, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He lived in Whitefield, Coös, New Hampshire, United States in 1880 and New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1920. He died on 25 October 1937, in Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut, United States.
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- Bertraud C Pike in household of George Y Kells, "United States Census, 1900"
- Bertrand C Pike, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Bertrand C. Pike, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
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
English: nickname, perhaps for a fisherman whose physique resembled that of a pike. One Londoner so named in 1292 was a fishmonger.
English: metonymic occupational name for a user of a pointed tool, perhaps a laborer or military pikeman, from Middle English pike ‘pike, pickaxe, pitchfork’. Compare Pick .
English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Pic (Old English Pica, Old Norse Pík), of uncertain origin but perhaps from one of the words mentioned above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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