James Earnest Carson

Brief Life History of James Earnest

When James Earnest Carson was born in May 1885, in Gilmer, West Virginia, United States, his father, Robert Carson, was 48 and his mother, Frances Florence "Fanny" Hite, was 38. He married Edna Alice Cooper on 1 February 1929, in Lewis, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Freemans Creek District, Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 16 January 1961, at the age of 75, and was buried in Weston, Lewis, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Earnest Carson
1885–1961
Edna Alice Cooper
1895–1980
Marriage: 1 February 1929
Naoma L Carson
1933–

Sources (10)

  • James E Carson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James Carson, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • James Ernest Carson, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

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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