Carrie Wilda Stark

Female28 October 1886–29 November 1915

Brief Life History of Carrie Wilda

When Carrie Wilda Stark was born on 28 October 1886, in Davis, Iowa, United States, her father, James Samuel Stark, was 28 and her mother, Emma Alice Smith, was 23. She married Floyd Tenner Vanhoozer on 6 February 1907, in Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States. She lived in Liberty Township, Woodson, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Kansas, United States in 1905. She died on 29 November 1915, in Iola, Allen, Kansas, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Yates Center Cemetery, Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States.

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Floyd Tenner Vanhoozer
1883–1927
Carrie Wilda Stark
1886–1915
Marriage: 6 February 1907

Sources (6)

  • Nelda C Starker in household of James S Starker, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Starks, "Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935"
  • Carrie W. Stark, "Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 February 1907Yates Center, Woodson, Kansas, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 4

    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.

    1890 · Woman's Suffrage

    Age 4

    An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 10

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: nickname from Middle English stark ‘strong, sturdy; harsh, severe’ (Old English stearc).

    German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a strong, bold person, from Middle High German stark(e), German stark ‘strong, brave’.

    Czech and Slovak (Štark): of German origin (see 2 above).

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

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