Brief Life History of Elson Etheridge
When Elson Etheridge Bailey was born on 2 February 1902, in DeRidder, Beauregard, Louisiana, United States, his father, Henry Martin Bailey, was 30 and his mother, Lillie E. Simmons, was 22. He married Willie Mae James on 7 July 1925, in Vernon, Louisiana, United States. He lived in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1930 and Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 April 1959, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Restlawn Memorial Park, Orange, Texas, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Elson E Bailey, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elon E Bailey - Government record: birth-name: Elon E Bailey
- Elson Ethridge Bailey, "Maryland, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1902–1959 Male
1904–1966 Female
Parents and Siblings
1871–1946 Male
1879–1916 Female
Siblings (9)
1898–1940 Female
1902–1959 Male
1904–1982 Female
1906–1981 Male
1906–2001 Female
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World Events (8)
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
Age 1
1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building
Age 3
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 16
Name Meaning
English: status name for a steward or official, from Middle English bailli ‘manager, administrator’ (Old French baillis, from Late Latin baiulivus, an adjectival derivative of baiulus ‘attendant, carrier, porter’).
English: habitational name from Bailey in Little Mitton, Lancashire, named with Old English beg ‘berry’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
English: occasionally a topographic name for someone who lived by the outer wall of a castle, from Middle English (Old French) bailli ‘outer courtyard of a castle’ (Old French bail(le) ‘enclosure’, a derivative of bailer ‘to enclose’). This term became a placename in its own right, denoting a district beside a fortification or wall, as in the case of the Old Bailey in London, which formed part of the early medieval outer wall of the city.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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