Walter P Ake

Male5 February 1872–31 July 1894

Brief Life History of Walter P

When Walter P Ake was born on 5 February 1872, in Iron, Missouri, United States, his father, Peter AKE, was 41 and his mother, Mary Boswell, was 23. He lived in Ironton, Iron, Missouri, United States in 1880. He died on 31 July 1894, in Iron, Missouri, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Ironton, Iron, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter AKE
1830–1911
Mary Boswell
1848–1922
Louis V Ake
1871–1884
Walter P Ake
1872–1894
Charlie H Ake
1874–1880

Sources (2)

  • Walter Ake in household of Mollie Ake, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Walter P Ake, "Find A Grave Index"

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Siblings (3)

World Events (6)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 3

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

Age 3

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

Age 9

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: topographic name for someone living by a prominent oak tree, from Middle English ake ‘oak’, or a habitational name from the village of Aike, near Lockington, East Yorkshire, which is named with Old English āc ‘oak’, dative āce ‘(place at) the oak tree’.

Amerindian (Mexico): from the name of the site of a pre-Columbian Mayan settlement in the Yucatán Peninsula.

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

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