Brief Life History of Edward Franklin
When Edward Franklin Heffelfinger was born on 18 May 1880, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Abraham Heffelfinger, was 29 and his mother, Eliza Stahl, was 29. He married Bertha Alice Fulmer on 15 January 1903, in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Lewis Township, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. He died on 15 September 1918, at the age of 38, and was buried in Turbotville, Northumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Edward Heffenfinger, "United States Census, 1910"
- Edward Heffenfenger, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Edward Frank Heffenfinger, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
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.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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
Americanized form of Swiss German Häfelfinger: habitational name for someone from a small place called Häfelfingen or Häfelfing. The name also occurred in Alsace.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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