Ethel Florence Chacey

Brief Life History of Ethel Florence

When Ethel Florence Chacey was born on 20 December 1882, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, her father, Obadiah Chacey, was 34 and her mother, Josephine Ruff, was 27. She married James Wesley Mears on 14 February 1901, in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 9 daughters. She lived in Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States for about 20 years and Eugene Election Precinct 11, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 24 September 1946, in Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Lansing, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Wesley Mears
1873–1944
Ethel Florence Chacey
1882–1946
Marriage: 14 February 1901
Eugene Willis Mears
1900–1982
Lena I Mears
1924–
Amos Carlton Mears
1902–1990
Anna Josephine Mears
1906–1981
Florence Mary Mears
1908–1993
Maude Lillian Mears
1910–2004
Lydia Faye Mears
1912–1985
James Obadiah Mears
1914–1977
Ethel Majel Mears
1916–1995
Bethel Marjean Mears
1918–1919
Mabel Margaret Mears
1918–1992
Alice Gertrude Mears
1919–2006
Edward Wesley Mears
1925–1962

Sources (23)

  • Ethel Mears in household of James Mears, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
  • Ethel florence, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
  • Ethel F in entry for Mears, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1898 · Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.” 

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English (Somerset and Gloucestershire, of Norman origin): habitational name from Chaussy in Seine-et-Oise (France).

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

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