Brief Life History of Etta Evelyn
When Etta Evelyn Neff was born on 10 September 1916, in Rosedale, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States, her father, Harry George Neff, was 34 and her mother, Amelia Elizabeth Kaufman, was 35. She married Daniel James Murray on 18 January 1934, in Skamania, Skamania, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1979 and Putnam, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States in 2005. She died on 4 September 2005, in Springfield, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 88.
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- Etta E Murray, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Etta Evelyn Neff - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Etta Evelyn Neff
- Etta Neff, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · The U.S. Army Spruce Production Division
Thousands of soldiers were assigned to the U.S. Army Spruce Production Division to provide wood for airplanes and ships during World War I. Poor working conditions in 1917 caused the men to strike which slowed the logging production in the area. The demands of the strikers were rejected by the lumber companies. As the need was ever-present for lumber during the war, the government stationed soldiers to do the work. Over 230 spruce soldier camps were built and occupied throughout the Pacific Northwest at this time.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: relationship name from Middle High German neve ‘nephew’ (later rather broader in application, like cousin in English), hence probably a distinguishing name for a close relation or familiar of a prominent personage. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Naff .
Dutch: variant of Neve , cognate with 1 above.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Neffe ‘nephew’, cognate with 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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