Brief Life History of Evan Pearl
When Evan Pearl Newman was born on 21 December 1880, in Missouri, United States, his father, David I. Newman, was 26 and his mother, Sarah Lucinda Burks, was 26. He married Ethel Daisy Burks on 2 November 1912, in Yuba City, Sutter, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, United States in 1930 and Pacific Grove Judicial Township, Monterey, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1905. He died on 14 May 1946, in Napa, California, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Yountville, Napa, California, United States.
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- Earl P Newman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Evan Pearl Newman, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Evan Pearl Newman, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
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.
Name Meaning
English (southern): nickname from Middle English newe ‘new’ (i.e. newly arrived or newly appointed) + man ‘man’ (Old English nīwe + mann).
Americanized form (translation into English) of surnames meaning ‘new man, newcomer’, for example German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neumann , Swedish Nyman , Polish Nowak , Czech or Slovak Novák, Slovenian, Croatian, or Serbian Novak .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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