Brief Life History of Charles Norman
When Charles Norman Brings was born on 29 January 1868, in Illinois, United States, his father, William Brings, was 35 and his mother, Mary Jane Essex, was 32. He married Nancy Alice Fulwider on 2 September 1902, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States for about 5 years and Whittier Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 27 December 1950, in Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- Charles N Brings, "United States Census, 1940"
- Charles M. Brings, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Charles Norman Brings, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
The first transcontinental railroad reached San Francisco in 1869. The Western Pacific Railroad Company built the track from Oakland to Sacramento. The Central Pacific Railroad Company of California built the section from Sacramento to Promontory Summit Utah. The railroad linked isolated California to the rest of the country which had far-reaching effects on the social and economical development of the state.
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
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.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
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
Dutch and German border region: variant of Brink , with the genitive ending -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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