Howard Ellsworth Conklin

Male2 September 1893–18 November 1956

Brief Life History of Howard Ellsworth

When Howard Ellsworth Conklin was born on 2 September 1893, in Northport, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States, his father, Charles E. Conklin, was 28 and his mother, Fanny R. Smith, was 28. He married Mildred Agnes Murphy on 7 October 1924, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Huntington, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States for about 20 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 18 November 1956, at the age of 63, and was buried in Northport, Huntington, Suffolk, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Howard Ellsworth Conklin
1893–1956
Mildred Agnes Murphy
1899–1975
Marriage: 7 October 1924
Charles Edward Conklin
1925–1991

Sources (11)

  • Howard Conklin, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Howard E. Conklin - Government record: birth:
  • Howard Ellsworth Conklin, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 October 1924St. Lawrence, New York, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 3

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 5

    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.

    1910 · The BSA is Made

    Age 17

    Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

    Name Meaning

    English (of French origin): Anglicized form of Conquelin, a Norman form of French Conchelin. This is a double diminutive, not found as a surname in France, of Conche, a habitational name from one of the several French places named with Latin concha ‘sea shell’, usually with reference to a shell-shaped valley. The probable source in this instance is Conches-en-Ouches in the département of Eure (Normandy), which was a centre of 16th-century glass-making. The town and its castle were named for Conques (Aveyron) and its celebrated abbey. The name Conklin is very rare in Britain.

    History: The Conklins trace their origin to two glass blowers of French Protestant extraction, Ananias and John, who ran glass-making businesses in Staffordshire, Worcestershire, and Nottinghamshire in the early 1600s. They may have been sons of Franc Concklyn, who was active in Old Swinford (Worcestershire) c. 1613. John lived in Nuthall (Nottinghamshire), four miles north of Nottingham, where he and Ananias married their wives, but Ananias brought up his children in Old Swinford (until 1637). They belonged to one of several Norman families who had been given royal encouragement to bring their glass-making skills to England in the mid to-late 16th century. For another glass-making family from Eure see Bungard . In 1637 or 1638 the brothers migrated to America to set up glass-making in Salem, MA. By 1650 they had moved to Southold, Long Island, NY. Other members of the family remained in England (Worcestershire and also Gloucestershire, where the surname appears in 1696 as Conchlin), and some of them possibly migrated to Ireland to set up glass-making there.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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