Joseph Millard Jessie

Brief Life History of Joseph Millard

When Joseph Millard Jessie was born in 1883, in Bohemia Township, Saunders, Nebraska, United States, his father, David Jessee, was 26 and his mother, Eliza Brown, was 24. He married Hazel Aetna Farr on 14 April 1905, in Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He died on 14 June 1909, in Cozad, Dawson, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Cozad, Dawson, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Millard Jessie
1883–1909
Hazel Aetna Farr
1885–1956
Marriage: 14 April 1905
Walter Millard Jessie
1906–1970
Helen Louise Jessie
1908–2002

Sources (13)

  • Nebraska State Census
  • Jo M Jessie, "Utah, Weber County Marriages, 1887-1941"
  • Picture of Grave Stone

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World Events (7)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

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.

Name Meaning

English (Hampshire): from a pet form of the personal name Jess ; see Jesse . There is no evidence that it derives from the Biblical male personal name Jesse, which is a post-medieval arrival in England. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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