Brief Life History of Emmett Keesey
When Emmett Keesey Peters was born on 31 July 1893, in Diamond, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, his father, Henry Sanford Peters, was 35 and his mother, Almeda Harriet Massey, was 26. He married Agnes Ileda Willmith in 1920, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Garrison, Boone, West Virginia, United States in 1935 and Sherman District, Boone, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 15 August 1964, in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Pineview Cemetery, Orgas, Boone, West Virginia, United States.
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- Emmett Trader [Peters STEPSON] in household of Samuel Trader, "United States Census, 1920"
- Emmett Keesey Peters, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Emmett K Peters, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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
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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Peter . This surname (mainly of German origin) is also found in Sweden, Denmark, France (Alsace and Lorraine), and some other European countries. In North America it has absorbed various cognates and their derivatives from other languages, such as Albanian Pjetraj and Pjetrushi, patronymics from the personal name Pjetër ‘Peter’ and its pet form Pjetrush; see also below and also examples at Peterson .
Irish: Anglicized form (translation) of Gaelic Mac Pheadair ‘son of Peter’.
Americanized form of Dutch and North German Pieters .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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