John Eugene Nay

Brief Life History of John Eugene

When John Eugene Nay was born on 23 April 1878, in Washington, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph Brigham Nay, was 30 and his mother, Amanda Eleanor Earl, was 27. He married Charlotte Louise Stimler on 6 January 1901, in Belmont, Nye, Nevada, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Tonopah, Nye, Nevada, United States in 1920 and Tonopah Township, Nye, Nevada, United States in 1940. He died on 23 January 1946, in Sparks, Washoe, Nevada, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Tonopah, Nye, Nevada, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Eugene Nay
1878–1946
Charlotte Louise Stimler
1877–1967
Marriage: 6 January 1901
Berenice Louise Nay
1902–1990

Sources (15)

  • Joe Leal in household of Amanda E Nay, "United States Census, 1910"
  • John E Nay, "Nevada County Marriages, 1862-1993"
  • John Eugene Nay, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

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.

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

Scottish: shortened form of McNay .

English: variant of Nye .

North German: variant of Nee .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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