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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- 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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