Brief Life History of Ida Elizabeth
When Ida Elizabeth Mast was born on 26 May 1891, in Watauga Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Calvin Mast, was 30 and her mother, Martha Evelyn Trivette, was 26. She married Robert Lee Harmon on 22 March 1913, in Watauga, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Laurel Creek Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States for about 40 years and Sugar Grove, Watauga, North Carolina, United States in 1973. She died on 26 May 1973, in Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Zion Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, Watauga, North Carolina, United States.
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- Ida Harman in household of Robert L Harman, "United States Census, 1920"
- Ida Mast, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Ida Mast, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (8)
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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: nickname from Middle High German mast ‘fat, stout’. Compare Maust .
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for a swineherd, from Middle Dutch mast ‘mast, swine fodder’.
Dutch (Van der Mast and Van de Mast): topographic name for someone from a place rich in animal fodder, for example acorns (see 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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