Brief Life History of Charles H.
When Charles H. Travis was born on 30 January 1856, in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States, his father, Presley Allen Travis, was 28 and his mother, Jane Sanders, was 28. He married Huldah D Keith on 30 January 1878, in Christian, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom in 1910 and Manchester, Scott, Illinois, United States in 1910. He died on 29 April 1911, at the age of 55, and was buried in Manchester, Scott, Illinois, United States.
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- Charles Travis, "United States Census, 1880"
- Charles Travis, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
- Charles H Travis, "Find A Grave Index"
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1858 · A House Divided
Abraham Lincoln's goal was to be different than the previous Senators of Illinois and voice his opinion in how he saw the State and the United States start to drift apart in the different ideology on what was right and what was wrong. Even though it would become an unsuccessful campaign strategy to win the senate seat, to this day it is one of the most famous speeches of US politics.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1871
In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Lancashire and Yorkshire): from Old French and Middle English travers, also Middle English travas, travis, a word with several meanings. It may denote a toll paid for the right to cross a boundary or bridge, the surname perhaps being for someone who paid or collected such tolls. Alternatively, it may mean ‘crosswise, sideways’ or ‘dispute, disagreement’. The Old French word also had the sense ‘crossing, passage’, and it is more than likely that the surname is Norman in origin, for someone who lived at a crossing place or at a place so named (compare French Travers 3). The presence of the preposition ‘de’ (and perhaps also ‘le’) in early forms of the surname appears to indicate a topographic or habitational explanation, but the French preposition and definite article were sometimes added gratuitously to Norman surnames as a sign of their high social status. See also Travers 1.
Americanized form of German Drewes .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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