Brief Life History of Gertrude A.
When Gertrude A. Dickinson was born on 21 January 1874, in Washburn, Aroostook, Maine, United States, her father, Samuel R Dickinson, was 33 and her mother, Melvina Susan Stoddard, was 27. She died on 13 October 1887, at the age of 13, and was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Washburn, Aroostook, Maine, United States.
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- Gertrude E Dickinson in household of Samuel Dickinson, "United States Census, 1880"
- Gertrude E. Dickinson, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (6)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Dickenson , a patronymic from the Middle English personal name Dicun a pet form of Richard (see Dicken ) + son.
History: Jonathan Dickinson, the first president of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton), was born in Hatfield, MA, in 1688. Both his parents came from pioneer Connecticut Valley stock.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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