Anna Rebecca Charles

Brief Life History of Anna Rebecca

When Anna Rebecca Charles was born on 8 September 1853, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States, her father, Samuel Henry Charles, was 28 and her mother, Rebecca Ann Tucker, was 29. She married Thomas Theodore Phillips on 13 January 1870, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 2 October 1881, in Coffee, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 28, and was buried in Henry Cove Cemetery, Coffee, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Theodore Phillips
1849–1939
Anna Rebecca Charles
1853–1881
Marriage: 13 January 1870
Sam Henry Phillips
1870–1954
Horace Luther Phillips
1872–1950
Thomas Harden Phillips
1874–1937
Alta Betty Phillips
1877–1934
Cephas Pierce Phillips
1879–1900
Marshal Phillips
1881–1881

Sources (7)

  • Ann Charles in household of Samul Charles, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Anna R Churley, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Anna Rebecca Charles Phillips, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (6)

1862 · Battle of Shiloh

The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1868 · Impeach the President!

Caused by many crimes and breaking the Tenure of Office Act, Many Senators and House Representatives became angry with President Johnson and began discussions of his Impeachment. After a special session of Congress, the Articles of Impeachment were approved by the House and then the Senate. Making Andrew Johnson the first President to be Impeached.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: French Pierre, Antoine, Andre, Francois, Patrice, Germaine, Magalie, Philippe, Yves, Alain, Jacques, Cecile.

French, Welsh, English, West Indian (mainly Haiti), and African (mainly Tanzania): from the French form of the ancient Germanic personal name Karl ‘man, husband, freeman’, which was Latinized as Carolus. In France the personal name was popular from an early date, due to the fame of the Emperor Charlemagne (c. 742–814; Latin name Carolus Magnus, i.e. Charles the Great). The Old French form Charles was briefly introduced to England by the Normans, but was rare during the main period of surname formation. It was introduced more successfully to Scotland in the 16th century by the Stuarts, who had strong ties with France, and was brought by them to England in the 17th century. Its frequency as a Welsh surname is attributable to the late date of Welsh surname formation. Old English Ceorl ‘peasant’ is also found as a byname, but the resulting Middle English form, Charl, with a patronymic in -s, if it existed at all, would have been absorbed by the French form introduced by the Normans. English variants pronounced with initial k- for the most part reflect the cognate Old Norse personal name Karl, Karli. Compare Carl .

English: in some cases, possibly a habitational name from Charles (Devon), or a post-medieval variant of Cherrill, with excrescent -s, perhaps by false association with the personal name Charles. Cherrill is either a habitational name from Cherhill in Wilshire, or a status name from Middle English cherl, cheril, charl, chirl ‘churl, bonded tenant, serf; peasant’.

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

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