James William Euritt

Male22 June 1853–27 August 1930

Brief Life History of James William

When James William Euritt was born on 22 June 1853, in Highland, Virginia, United States, his father, John R. Euritt, was 36 and his mother, Sarah C Roberts, was 21. He lived in Decatur Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Franklin, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1930. He died on 27 August 1930, in Osceola, Clarke, Iowa, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Grand River, Decatur, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

John R. Euritt
1816–1877
Sarah C Roberts
1832–1858
Hannah Caroline Euritt
1850–1917
Lydia Virginia Euritt
1851–1912
James William Euritt
1853–1930
Mary Elizabeth Euritt
1854–1940
Francis McCulley Euritt
1856–1938
Nancy Catherine Euritt
1856–1934

Sources (11)

  • James W Euritt in household of C M Euritt, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
  • James W. Eurit, "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917"
  • James Wm Euritt, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1854

Age 1

Historical Boundaries: 1854: Decatur, Iowa, United States

1863

Age 10

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 22

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

form of the name borne in the New Testament by two of Christ's disciples, James son of Zebedee and James son of Alphaeus. This form comes from Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Iacobus, Latin form of Greek Iakobos. This is the same name as Old Testament Jacob (Hebrew Yaakov), but for many centuries now they have been thought of in the English-speaking world as two distinct names. In Britain, James is a royal name that from the beginning of the 15th century onwards was associated particularly with the Scottish house of Stewart: James I of Scotland ( 1394–1437 ; ruled 1424–37 ) was a patron of the arts and a noted poet, as well as an energetic ruler. King James VI of Scotland ( 1566–1625 ; reigned 1567–1625 ) succeeded to the throne of England in 1603 . His grandson, James II of England ( 1633–1701 ; reigned 1685–8 ) was a Roman Catholic, deposed in 1688 in favour of his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange. From then on he, his son (also called James), and his grandson Charles (‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’) made various unsuccessful attempts to recover the English throne. Their supporters were known as Jacobites (from Latin Iacobus), and the name James became for a while particularly associated with Roman Catholicism on the one hand, and Highland opposition to the English government on the other. Nevertheless, it has since become one of the most perennially popular boys' names.

Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.

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