Brief Life History of Neta Ethel
When Neta Ethel Holmes was born on 24 August 1898, in Orlando, Logan, Oklahoma, United States, her father, David Alexander Holmes, was 40 and her mother, Lura Dell Robinett, was 35. She married Arthur Elroy Altekruse in June 1924, in Orlando, Logan, Oklahoma, United States. She lived in Stillwater, Payne, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1990, in Terre Haute, Sullivan, Indiana, United States, at the age of 92.
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- Neta Altekruse in household of Arthur Altekruse, "United States Census, 1940"
- Neta Holmes, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Neta Altekruse in household of Arthur Altekruse, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: either from the plural form of Holme , or else a variant of Holme or Home , with excrescent -s (see Holm ).
Scottish: probably a habitational name from Holmes near Dundonald (Ayrshire), or possibly from another place so called in the barony of Inchestuir (Angus). Both placenames likely derive from the plural form of Middle English, Older Scots holm ‘islet, raised land in a marsh’ (see Holm ).
Scottish and Irish: adopted for Scottish Gaelic and Irish Mac Thómais, Mac Thómais (see McComb ). In parts of western Ireland, Holmes is also a variant of Cavish, from Gaelic Mac Thámhais, another patronymic from Thomas . Early bearers in Ireland were probably immigrants from Scotland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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