Brief Life History of Esther Ellen
When Esther Ellen Howard was born on 9 September 1908, in Jonesboro, Coryell, Texas, United States, her father, William Franklin Howard, was 40 and her mother, Samantha Ellen McGehee, was 32. She married Lloyd Rush Summers on 5 September 1929, in Tulia, Swisher, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Swisher, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 5, Nolan, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 16 December 1978, in Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Roscoe, Nolan, Texas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (21)
- Esther Ellen Howard in entry for Mabel Estalene Summers, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Esther Summers in household of Lloyd Summers, "United States Census, 1940"
- Esther Ellen Summers, "Texas, Deaths, 1977-1986"
Spouse and Children
1905–1967 Male
1908–1978 Female
Children (1)
1930–2007 Female
Parents and Siblings
1867–1952 Male
1876–1913 Female
Siblings (8)
1892–1959 Male
1894–1951 Female
1895–1968 Female
1897–1979 Female
1905–1971 Male
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World Events (8)
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 1
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Age 6
1927
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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