Brief Life History of Eva Jane
When Eva Jane Weber was born on 21 December 1875, in Salem, Dent, Missouri, United States, her father, John Wesley Weber, was 30 and her mother, Sarah Roberts Dennis, was 26. She married John Enoch Jones on 10 June 1893, in Salem, Dent, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in North La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States in 1930 and Otero, Colorado, United States in 1935. She died on 4 May 1940, in La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in La Junta, Otero, Colorado, United States.
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- Effie J Jones, "United States Census, 1940"
- Eva Jane Jones in entry for Julia Edith Mae Jones Barnes, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
- Eva J Webber in household of John Webber, "United States Census, 1880"
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1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1889
Historical Boundaries: 1875: Bent, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: Bent Colorado, United States 1889: Otero, Colorado, 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
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a weaver, Middle High German wëber, German Weber, an agent derivative of weben ‘to weave’. This form of the surname is also established in many other parts of Europe, notably in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, and the Netherlands. In Hungary it is mostly spelled Wéber and Véber. In Russia, Slovenia, Czechia, Slovakia, and Croatia it is (also) established in the Slavicized form Veber , which is in Czechia also spelled Vebr. Compare Waber , Weaber , Weaver , Webber , and Webre .
History: As a name of ultimately Swiss German origin the surname Weber is also established among the American Mennonites. However, descendants of the early Mennonite settlers, who came to PA in the early 18th century, mostly bear the Americanized form of the name (see Weaver ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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