Martha Clayta Easter

Brief Life History of Martha Clayta

When Martha Clayta Easter was born on 1 May 1898, in Foster, Boone, West Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Henry Easter, was 38 and her mother, Martha Frances Hill, was 31. She married Jesse Clarence Estep on 21 February 1919, in Boone, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Boone, West Virginia, United States in 1950. She died on 7 June 1966, in Ridgeview, Boone, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Estep Cemetery, Ridgeview, Boone, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Jesse Clarence Estep
1898–1964
Martha Clayta Easter
1898–1966
Marriage: 21 February 1919
Mabel Genevieve Eastep
1920–2001
Leslie Hugh Eastep
1921–1924
Harry Wayne Eastep
1922–2002
Infant Eastep
1924–1924
Louemma Irene Eastep
1924–1988
Frances Pauline Eastep
1926–2018
Jesse Clair Estep Jr
1927–1994
Hazel Myrtle Eastep
1929–2002
Dessie Faye Eastep
1930–2015
Peggy Ann Estep
1931–
Carl Ray Eastep
1933–1934
Patsy June Eastep
1935–2007
Phillip Earl Estep
1937–2024

Sources (38)

  • Clatze C Estep, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Martha C. Easter, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
  • Clatie Easter, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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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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