Rensselaer Delevan Filkins Jr.

1876–1964 (Age 87)
Massachusetts, United States

The Life of Rensselaer Delevan

When Rensselaer Delevan Filkins Jr. was born on 16 November 1876, in Massachusetts, United States, his father, Rensselaer D. Filkins Sr, was 31 and his mother, Catherine Jennie Reed, was 35. He married Frances E Peterson on 28 September 1907, in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States for about 50 years. He died in 1964, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Rensselaer Delevan Filkins Jr.
1876–1964
Frances E Peterson
1879–
Marriage: 28 September 1907
Rensselaer Delevan Filkins
1908–1979
John Frederick Filkins Sr.
1910–1987
Byron Peterson Filkins
1913–1991
Charles Arnold Filkins
1920–1953

Spouse & Children

MARRIAGE
28 September 1907
Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States
children

(4)

Parents & Siblings

  • Rensselaer D. Filkins Sr

    Male1845–Male

  • Catherine Jennie Reed

    Female1841–Female

siblings

(2)

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Age 5

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.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 6

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 24

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English:1. patronymic from the medieval personal name Filkin, a diminutive from a short form of Philip . 2. habitational name from a place so called in Oxfordshire, whose name is probably a tribal derivative (with Old English -ingas ‘people of’) of the Old English personal name Filica (of uncertain origin). Surname forms such as de Filking(es) are found in the surrounding area from the 12th and 13th centuries.

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (3)

  • Rensselaer D Filkins Jr., "United States Census, 1930"
  • Rensselder J Felkins in household of Rensselder D Felkins, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Rensselaer Filkins Jr. in household of Rensselaer Filkins, "United States Census, 1900"

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