Brief Life History of Gertrude
When Gertrude Macklin was born on 13 May 1881, in Indiana, United States, her father, Francis M Macklin, was 23 and her mother, Florence F Kelsey, was 24. She married Lewis Owen Shirk on 19 January 1900, in Jackson Township, Jay, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Wells, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Jackson Township, Jay, Indiana, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 September 1938, in Jay, Indiana, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Gravel Hill Cemetery, Bryant, Bearcreek Township, Jay, Indiana, United States.
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- Gertrude Shirk in household of Lewis O Shirk, "United States Census, 1910"
- Unknown, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2018"
- Gertrude Shirk in entry for Glen Shirk and Stella Glendening, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: perhaps a variant (with shifted stress) of Irish McGlynn or Scottish McLean .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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