Brief Life History of Charles Norman
When Charles Norman Ashley was born on 19 October 1880, in Harrison, Clay, West Virginia, United States, his father, Samuel Hall Ashley, was 25 and his mother, Nancy E. Wilson, was 22. He had at least 2 sons and 6 daughters with Rebecca M Wilson. He lived in Otter District, Clay, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Ivydale, Clay, West Virginia, United States in 1950. He died in June 1979, in Clay, Clay, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 98, and was buried in Big Otter, Clay, West Virginia, United States.
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- Norman C Ashley, "United States 1950 Census"
- Charles Norman Ashley, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
- Charles Ashley, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
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
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.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places (especially in southern and central England) named Ashley, from Old English æsc ‘ash’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Americanized form of French Canadian Asselin 2.
In some cases also an Americanized form of German Eschler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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