Brief Life History of Onie Bell
When Onie Bell Estep was born in October 1897, in Pike, Kentucky, United States, her father, Alvin Estep, was 30 and her mother, Lydia B Blankenship, was 21. She died in 1916, in Knox, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 19.
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Family Time Line
Sources (2)
- Ella Estep, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
- The Thomas Estep Book, page 164
Parents and Siblings
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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.
1900 · Governor Shot
On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Easthope (Shropshire) from Old English ēst ‘east, eastern’ + hop ‘enclosed valley’. This form of the surname is now rare in Britain, but common in OH, WV, and VA.
History: Thomas Estep, a son of Richard Eastop, came to MD in 1647. His son Shadrach established a family in Kanawha County, WV.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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