When Emma Stark was born on 8 September 1873, in Kansas, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Stark, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Irvena Richardson, was 19. She married Samuel I. Brown about 1889. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States for about 10 years and Gomer Township, Caldwell, Missouri, United States for about 10 years.
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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.
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Bent, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Bent Colorado, United States 1889: Otero, Colorado, United States
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: nickname from Middle English stark ‘strong, sturdy; harsh, severe’ (Old English stearc).
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), German stark ‘strong, brave’.
Czech and Slovak (Štark): of German origin (see 2 above).
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