Luella May Jarvis

Brief Life History of Luella May

When Luella May Jarvis was born on 27 February 1887, in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, her father, Walter H Jarvis, was 44 and her mother, Alice A Lescullet, was 28. She married Harry Alexander Michaels on 11 December 1912, in Burlington, Des Moines, Iowa, United States. She lived in Louisa, Iowa, United States in 1905 and Morning Sun, Louisa, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 9 December 1918, in Muscatine, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Mount Union, Henry, Iowa, United States.

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Harry Alexander Michaels
1890–1968
Luella May Jarvis
1887–1918
Marriage: 11 December 1912

Sources (10)

  • Luella Jarvis, "Iowa, State Census, 1905"
  • Luella May Jarvis, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Luella May Michaels, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"

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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

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

English (of Norman origin): from the Old French personal name Gervais(e), itself from ancient Germanic Gervas, with gair ‘spear’ as the first element and an uncertain second, perhaps a borrowing of Celtic wass- ‘servant, vassal’. The Latinized name Gervasius was borne by a Christian saint, martyred under the Roman Emperor Domitian, who became one of the patrons of Milan.

English: in Yorkshire, sometimes a habitational name from Jervaulx in East Witton (North Yorkshire). The place takes its name from the river Ure + Old French val, vals ‘valley’.

Americanized form of French Gervais and of its variant Gervaise, cognates of 1 above.

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

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