When Etta E Eldridge was born on 25 November 1864, in Michigan, United States, her father, William Wallace Eldridge, was 25 and her mother, Laura Marilla Joyce, was 19. She married Wilton F. McMurray about 1885. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Miles Township, Pawnee, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Antelope Election Precinct, Kimball, Nebraska, United States in 1930. She died on 19 May 1932, at the age of 67, and was buried in Kimball Cemetery, Kimball, Kimball, Nebraska, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1872: Butler, Nebraska, United States
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
English (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Elrich or Eldrich, variants of Alrich and Aldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’ (see Aldridge ). The name might also be a variant of Eldrett, a variant of Aldred , which often occurs in Middle English as Aldret and Eldret, and might have been associated with Eldridge as a result of surname confusion.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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