Brief Life History of Effie
When Effie Neal was born on 9 November 1905, in Woodville, Cherokee, Texas, United States, her father, Jefferson Guin Neal, was 32 and her mother, Nancy Edna Nannie Bean, was 33. She lived in Port Arthur, Jefferson, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 1, Tyler, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 9 September 1974, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Woodville, Tyler, Texas, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Effie Neal, "United States Census, 1920"
- Effie Neal, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Effie Ogden, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the Old French, Anglo-Norman French, and Middle English personal name Neel, Nele, Nihel, Niel, itself derived from the Latin name Nigellus (a diminutive of Latin niger ‘black’), originally a nickname for someone with black hair or a dark complexion. The name was very common among Normans and was brought to England at the time of the Norman Conquest. There has been considerable confusion with the Irish and Scottish Gaelic name Niall (see Neil ); the two names are now pronounced identically. It is theoretically possible that in Normandy, where the personal name was popular, that it was also used for Old Norse Njáll, but this is difficult to prove. Njáll was adopted from the Irish Gaelic personal name Niall by Vikings in Ireland, who took it back to Iceland and Norway, but whether the Vikings also took Njáll to Normandy and to the northwest of England, is an open question, which cannot be settled on the available evidence.
English: alternatively from the Middle English personal name Nele, a variant of Nell as a pet form of Elias (see Ellis ). Compare Nelson , Nielson .
Scottish and Irish: shortened form of McNeal (see McNeil ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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