Brief Life History of Charles Addison
When Charles Addison Carson was born on 31 December 1869, in Plumcreek Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Andrew Carson, was 23 and his mother, Catherine Lavinia Bittinger, was 16. He married Mary Francis Gallagher on 17 June 1896, in Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States. He lived in Cowanshannock, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. He died on 17 March 1942, in Dayton, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Wayne Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Charles A Carson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Charles A Carson - Government record: Census record: birth: 6 September 1870; Plumcreek Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States
- Pennsylvania and New Jersey Church and Town Records, 1708-1985 (marriage)
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
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
Scottish (Galloway) and northern Irish: probably a habitational name from an unlocated place in southwestern Scotland called Acarson or Carsan. This surname was taken to Northern Ireland in the early 17th century. Alternatively, it may be a hybrid patronymic name composed of Irish cearr ‘left-handed’ + English son ‘son’.
English: variant of Corston, a habitational name from one of the many places so called in Norfolk, Shropshire, Somerset, or Wiltshire.
In some cases also an Americanized form of Norwegian Kåsen (see Kasen ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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