Iva Mae Sherman

Brief Life History of Iva Mae

When Iva Mae Sherman was born on 2 September 1905, in Coupeville, Island, Washington, United States, her father, William Henry Sherman, was 27 and her mother, Lottie Nettie Black, was 25. She married Carl Frederick Jenne on 2 September 1925, in Coupeville, Island, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Silverdale Election Precinct, Kitsap, Washington, United States in 1940 and Silverdale, Kitsap, Washington, United States in 1960. She died on 26 October 1997, in Gig Harbor, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Coupeville, Island, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carl Frederick Jenne
1900–1999
Iva Mae Sherman
1905–1997
Marriage: 2 September 1925
Ellen May Jenne
1928–2011
Barbara Ann Jenne
1929–2012
Roy Lewis Jenne
1931–2016
Ned Phillip Jenne
1941–2013

Sources (27)

  • Iva Jenne, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Iva H Sherman, "Washington Birth Records, 1869-1950"
  • Iva M Sherman Jenne, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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1929

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Name Meaning

English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.

Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.

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

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