Brief Life History of Ervin
When Ervin Delp was born on 11 February 1897, in Hammond, Ozark, Missouri, United States, his father, Robert Ely Delp, was 29 and his mother, Pennina Clementine Piland, was 23. He married Julia Mildred Rippee about 1918, in Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Election Precinct 73 Parker Heights, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1940 and Union Gap, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 29 March 1979, in Toppenish, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Yakima, Washington, United States.
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- Ervin Delp, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Ervin Delp - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Ervin Delp
- Ervin Delp, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
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.
1899 · Mount Rainier National Park is Established
Mount Rainier was established as a state park on March 2, 1899 with legislation was signed by President McKinley. Mount Rainier is a volcanic peak surrounded by forests.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
South German: nickname for a clumsy person, from Middle High German talpe, tape ‘paw’.
German: in some cases, possibly also a northern topographic name for someone living by a ditch, Middle Low German delf (frequently an element in compound field names in swampy terrain).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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