Brief Life History of Charles Brown
When Charles Brown Vick was born on 21 March 1873, in Marengo, Alabama, United States, his father, Edmond M. Vick, was 46 and his mother, Hellen Barbara Allen, was 30. He lived in Election Precinct 15 Pineville, Marengo, Alabama, United States in 1880. He died in 1881, in Shiloh, Marengo, Alabama, United States, at the age of 8.
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- Charles Vick in household of Edmund M Vick, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (5)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name from Old French le eveske ‘the bishop’. This became leveske, which was wrongly taken for le vesk, becoming Vesk and later Veck and Vick. The full form survives as Levick . Compare Bishop .
North German: variant of Fick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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