Charles E. Ashdown
1904–1999 (Age 95)
Babylon, Babylon, Suffolk, New York, United States
The Life of Charles E.
When Charles E. Ashdown was born on 10 July 1904, in Babylon, Babylon, Suffolk, New York, United States, his father, Charles Henry Ashdown, was 24 and his mother, Isabella Jane Weeks, was 29. He died on 7 November 1999, in Aquebogue, Riverhead, Suffolk, New York, United States, at the age of 95.
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Family Time Line
Charles Henry Ashdown
1880–1965
Isabella Jane Weeks
1875–1965
George H Ashdown
1900–1995
Marion I. Ashdown
1902–1988
Charles E. Ashdown
1904–1999
Parents & Siblings
1880–1965Male
1875–1965Female
siblings
(3)
1900–1995Male
1902–1988Female
1904–1999Male
World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 2
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Age 13
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1929
Age 25
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Ashdon in Essex, Ashdown Forest in East Sussex, or Ashdown in Berkshire (now lost). The first two are named from Old English æscen ‘growing with ash trees’ + dūn ‘hill’. The last may be from an Old English personal name Æsc or Old English æsc ‘ash tree’ + dūn ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
Charles E Ashdown in household of Charles H Ashdown, "United States Census, 1910"
Charles Ashdown in household of Charles H Ashdown, "United States Census, 1920"- Legacy NFS Source: Charles E. Ashdown - Government record: birth-name: Charles E. Ashdown
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