Brief Life History of Jeanette
When Jeanette Love was born on 29 December 1855, in Fall Creek, Lane, Oregon, United States, her father, David Swan Love, was 27 and her mother, Helen Marion "Marnie" Stewart, was 20. She married George W. Easterbrook on 6 October 1874, in Union, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Sparta Election Precinct, Union, Oregon, United States in 1880 and Bryant, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1930. She died on 12 August 1943, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Jeanette L Easterbrook in household of John D Watson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Jeannette Love, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- Jeannette Love Easterbrook, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
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World Events (8)
1859 · Oregon Becomes a State
Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1880 · The Great Gale of 1880
The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.
Name Meaning
English: from a Middle English personal name derived from the Old English female name Lufu ‘love’, or the masculine equivalent Lufa. Compare Leaf 2.
English and Scottish: nickname from Anglo-Norman French love ‘she-wolf’ or simply ‘wolf’, the word love being a back-formation from the diminutive forms lovel and lovet ‘little wolf’. See also Low 3, from Anglo-Norman French lou, the more usual form of the word.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fhionghuin (see McKinnon ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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