Eva Lena Forbush

Brief Life History of Eva Lena

When Eva Lena Forbush was born on 1 July 1895, in Chippewa, Wisconsin, United States, her father, George Elvin Forbush, was 22 and her mother, Eva Lulu Wood, was 18. She married Morton Oliver Barger on 8 November 1923, in Chehalis, Lewis, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Eugene Election Precinct 6, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1950. She died on 27 September 1961, in Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery, Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Morton Oliver Barger
1893–1980
Eva Lena Forbush
1895–1961
Marriage: 8 November 1923
Marjorie Lucille Barger
1926–2020
Leroy Morton Barger
1929–2020
Norman Eugene Barger
1936–1982

Sources (20)

  • Lena E Barger, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Eva Lena Forbush, "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926"
  • Eva Lena Schoengarth, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1907 · Law Passed for Child Employment

The maximum hours for children to work were set to 55 per week.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

Scottish: altered form of Forbes , which was traditionally pronounced as two syllables. This surname is now rare in Britain.

Altered form of German Vorbusch, a topographic name for someone living on the edge of a wood, from vor ‘in front of’ + North German Busch ‘wood, bush’.

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

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