Thursa Anna Elizabeth Easterly

Brief Life History of Thursa Anna Elizabeth

When Thursa Anna Elizabeth Easterly was born on 12 May 1876, in Sequatchie, Tennessee, United States, her father, Martin Van Buren Easterly, was 38 and her mother, Sarah Jane Burnett, was 35. She married Oscar Fritzland McNabb on 25 November 1906. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Civil District 2, Marion, Tennessee, United States in 1910 and Marion, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 12 May 1960, in Whitwell, Marion, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Whitwell, Marion, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Oscar Fritzland McNabb
1873–1923
Thursa Anna Elizabeth Easterly
1876–1960
Marriage: 25 November 1906
John Tate McNabb
1907–1946
Katherine McNabb
1909–1988
Mary S. McNabb
1911–1995
Henry Nathaniel McNabb
1914–1953
Hershel Pope McNabb
1916–1985

Sources (9)

  • Elizabeth Mcnabb, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Elizabeth Mcnabb, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  • Elizabeth Easterly in entry for Henry Nathaniel McNabb, "Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965"

World Events (8)

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

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.

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.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Oesterle .

In some cases also an Americanized form of Dutch Oosterlee: probably a habitational name from the farm name Oosterlee in De Lier, South Holland, or from Oostlaar, in 1293 Oesterle, in the province of North Brabant.

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

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