Brief Life History of Robert Charles
When Robert Charles Affleck was born on 10 January 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Robert P Affleck, was 25 and his mother, Eliza Mary Ann Spencer, was 22. He married Maudeline Hart on 10 February 1915, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1910. He died on 8 April 1918, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 25, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.
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- Robert C. Affleck in household of Hyrum A. Glasener, "United States Census, 1900"
- Robert C Affleck, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Robert Charles Affleck, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah becomes a state
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Affleck in Angus, Affleck in Lanarkshire, or Auchinleck (which was formerly pronounced ‘Affleck’) in Ayrshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Ethel Eliza and Eliza Ward
This story was written by Maurine Bateman Solomon: The child sitting on the fence is Ethel Eliza Affleck (Solomon) she was three years old when this picture was taken in the year 1891. Holding he …
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