Etta Nevada Baldwin

27 December 1891–11 December 1958 (Age 66)
Winters, Yolo, California, United States

The Life Summary of Etta Nevada

When Etta Nevada Baldwin was born on 27 December 1891, in Winters, Yolo, California, United States, her father, Alfred Kemper Baldwin, was 48 and her mother, Lenora Frances Brandenburg, was 39. She married Thomas R. Morelan on 9 February 1910, in Yolo, California, United States. She lived in Winters Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1900 and Vacaville, Solano, California, United States in 1910. She died on 11 December 1958, in Yolo, California, United States, at the age of 66.

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Family Time Line

Thomas R. Morelan
1884–1950
Etta Nevada Baldwin
1891–1958
Marriage: 9 February 1910

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 February 1910Yolo, California, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (15)

    +10 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 5
    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.
    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
    Age 15
    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
    1909 · The NAACP is formed
    Age 18
    Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

    Name Meaning

    English and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements bald ‘bold, brave’ + wine ‘friend’, which was extremely popular among the Normans and in Flanders in the early Middle Ages. It was the personal name of the Crusader who in 1100 became the first Christian king of Jerusalem, and of four more Crusader kings of Jerusalem. It was also borne by Baldwin, Count of Flanders (1172–1205), leader of the Fourth Crusade, who became first Latin Emperor of Constantinople (1204). In North America, this surname has absorbed Dutch forms such as Boudewijn.Irish: surname adopted in Donegal by bearers of the Gaelic surname Ó Maolagáin (see Milligan ), due to association of Gaelic maol ‘bald, hairless’ with English bald.History: A John Baldwin from Buckinghamshire, England, arrived in the US in 1638 and settled in Milford, CT.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Boehle
    Baldovino
    Bellmann
    Bouwman
    Baudoin
    Bald
    Balkin
    Bouma
    Beaudoin
    Milligan
    Bowden
    Bodkin
    Boehlke
    Boltz
    Boardway
    Bonnes
    Bais
    Bouwens
    Buma
    Bawden
    Baldon

    Sources (7)

    • Etta N Morlan in household of Ray L Morlan, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Etta Baldwin, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
    • Etta Nevada Morlan, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

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