Lewis L. Fernald

Brief Life History of Lewis L.

When Lewis L. Fernald was born on 23 March 1885, in Prairie City, Grant, Oregon, United States, his father, Walter Fernald, was 42 and his mother, Anna Elizabeth Richardson, was 27. He married Pearl Marion Eccles in 1918, in Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States for about 30 years. He died on 4 June 1930, in Prairie City, Grant, Oregon, United States, at the age of 45, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lewis L. Fernald
1885–1930
Pearl Marion Eccles
1885–1979
Marriage: 1918
Nancy Jane Fernald
1919–2006
Walter Eccles Fernald
1923–1975

Sources (12)

  • Lewis Ternald in household of Walter Ternald, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Lewis L Fernald, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • Lewis Fernald, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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1886

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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

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1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

Altered form of French Fernel, itself a shortened form of a derivative of Old French ferron ‘blacksmith, ironmonger’.

History: This surname was brought to North America from England. It is listed along with its original form Fernel in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.

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

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