Brief Life History of Nellie Essa
When Nellie Essa Arnett was born on 7 May 1880, in Pleasant Vale Township, Pike, Illinois, United States, her father, Thomas Collins Arnett, was 36 and her mother, Mary Perrin Haycraft, was 32. She married Alfred Ellsworth Woodward in May 1902, in Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Lawrence Township, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years. She died on 5 August 1968, in Comanche, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Nellie Arnett, "United States Census, 1940"
- Nellie E Arnett, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Mrs Nellie Woodward in entry for Mrs Cora Godfrey, "Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English: from the personal name Arnet, a Middle English form of the Old English male personal name Earngēat ‘eagle Geat (a tribal name)’ or the Old English female name Earngȳth ‘eagle battle’. There may also have been some confusion with variants of Arnold .
French (mainly Lorraine): variant of Arnet . Compare Arnette .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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