Mary Esty Easter

Brief Life History of Mary Esty

When Mary Esty Easter was born on 5 December 1887, in Boone, West Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Henry Easter, was 28 and her mother, Martha Frances Hill, was 20. She had at least 1 son with James B. Coon. She lived in Scott District, Boone, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 25 February 1920, in Ripley, Jackson, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 32.

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James B. Coon
1882–1970
Mary Esty Easter
1887–1920
Denver Kuhn
1912–1963

Sources (15)

  • Katie M Coon in household of James B Coon, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Easter, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
  • Mary E. Estes, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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1898 · War with the Spanish

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Name Meaning

English: from Middle English estre ‘sheepfold’ (Old English ēowestre). The surname may be topographic, denoting someone who lived by or worked at a sheepfold, or habitational, from Good or High Easter (Essex), named from this word.

English: from the Middle English word ester ‘easter’ (Old English Ēastre), used as a personal name for someone who had some connection with the festival of Easter, such as being born or baptized at that time. Compare Pascall .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Oster .

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

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