Mary Elizabeth Carleton

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Carleton was born on 7 June 1918, in Coldwater Township, Comanche, Kansas, United States, her father, James William Carleton, was 39 and her mother, Anna Pearl Taylor, was 30. She had at least 2 sons and 1 daughter with Roland Hancock. She lived in Coldwater, Comanche, Kansas, United States for about 10 years and Grand Island, Buffalo, Nebraska, United States in 1974. She died on 6 December 2011, in Loveland, Larimer, Colorado, United States, at the age of 93.

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Family Time Line

Roland Hancock
1915–
Mary Elizabeth Carleton
1918–2011
Don Carleton Hancock
1952–1978
Stephen Hancock
1953–
Sharlene Hancock
1955–

Sources (14)

  • Mary C, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary Hancock in entry for Rena Madelene Croft, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
  • Mary Carleton in household of J W Carleton, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

English (northern and eastern England): variant of Carlton .

Irish (Ulster): adopted in Northern Ireland as an Anglicized form of Ó Cairealláin, see Carolan 2.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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