Oscar Zavin Ireland

4 March 1894–16 February 1991 (Age 96)
Kansas, United States

The Life Summary of Oscar Zavin

When Oscar Zavin Ireland was born on 4 March 1894, in Kansas, United States, his father, Zavin J. Ireland, was 45 and his mother, Sarah Francis Morford, was 33. He married Edith Frances Redenbo on 24 August 1919. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Chester, Thayer, Nebraska, United States in 1920 and Liberty Township, Republic, Kansas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 16 February 1991, in Hebron, Thayer, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Chester Cemetery, Chester, Thayer, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Zavin Ireland
1894–1991
Edith Frances Redenbo
1900–1961
Marriage: 24 August 1919
Maurice Oscar Ireland
1920–2003
Wilma Frances Ireland
1930–2016

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
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.
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 4
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1920
Age 26
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: ethnic name for someone from Ireland, Old English Īraland. The country gets its name from the genitive case of Old English Īras ‘Irishmen’ + land ‘land’. The stem Īr- is taken from the Celtic name for Ireland, Èriu, earlier Everiu. The surname is especially common in Liverpool, England, which has a large Irish population.

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

Possible Related Names

Irelan
Ireton
Irish
Irland

Sources (12)

  • Oscar Ireland in household of Z Ireland, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Oscar J Ireland, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Oscar Ireland, "Kansas State Census, 1925"

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