Marietta Adkins

1868–1951 (Age 82)
Ohio, United States

The Life of Marietta

When Marietta Adkins was born on 24 February 1868, in Ohio, United States, her father, David Adkins, was 24 and her mother, Christina Runkle, was 21. She married Elmer Ellsworth Helwagen on 30 January 1887, in Deer Creek Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Williamsport, Deer Creek Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Deer Creek Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States in 1910. She died on 8 January 1951, in Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Forest Cemetery, Circleville, Pickaway, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marietta Adkins
1868–1951
Elmer Ellsworth Helwagen
1864–1940
Marriage: 30 January 1887
Roy Edward Helwagen
1887–1955
Maud Mae Helwagen
1889–1942
Henry Edwin Helwagen Sr
1891–1966
Ruth Helwagen
1893–1959
Christena Helwagen
1898–1957
Gertrude Helwagen
1902–1979
Paul Darius Helwagen
1903–1951

Spouse & Children

  • Marietta Adkins

    Female1868–1951Female

  • Elmer Ellsworth Helwagen

    Male1864–1940Male

MARRIAGE
30 January 1887
Deer Creek Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States
children

(7)

+2 More Children

Parents & Siblings

  • David Adkins

    Male1844–1910Male

  • Christina Runkle

    Female1847–1923Female

siblings

(15)

  • Ella F Adkins

    Female1865–1929Female

  • Marietta Adkins

    Female1868–1951Female

  • Allona Elizabeth Adkins

    Female1870–1938Female

  • Harry W Adkins

    Male1872–1949Male

  • Charles Irving Adkins

    Male1873–1873Male

+10 More Children

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Age 2

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1870 · Giving all the right to vote

Age 2

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 22

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Adkin, a pet form of Adam that was in use particularly in the English Midlands, + patronymic -s. Compare Atkins .

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Marietta Adkins in household of David Adkins, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Marietta Helwagon in household of Elmer E Helwagon, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mary E in household of Elmer E Helewagon, "United States Census, 1910"

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