Brief Life History of Reuben
Reuben Atkins was born on 20 December 1832, in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom as the son of Charles Atkins and Mary Ann Harris. He married Elizabeth H. Poulton after 1860, in Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Sandwich, DeKalb, Illinois, United States in 1880 and Montgomery, Kane, Illinois, United States in 1900. He died on 7 January 1922, in Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Spring Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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- Reuben Atkins in household of Charles Atkins, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Reuben Atkins, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
- Reuben Atkins, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1834
Historical Boundaries: 1834: Illinois, United States 1836: Kane, Illinois, United States [Spreads across Kane, DuPage, Will, and Kendall counties]
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Atkin (a pet form of Adam) with genitival -s, or a variant of Atkin , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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