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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- 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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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
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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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