Mary Elizabeth Mears

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Mears was born on 9 July 1879, in Throckmorton, Texas, United States, her father, George Washington Mears, was 33 and her mother, Frances Ann Theodocia Boon, was 22. She married Robert Lee Jordan on 28 May 1895, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 7, Wise, Texas, United States in 1940 and Wise, Texas, United States for about 1 years. She died on 19 October 1959, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Thalia Cemetery, Thalia, Foard, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Lee Jordan
1872–1956
Mary Elizabeth Mears
1879–1959
Marriage: 28 May 1895
Robert Jordan
1897–1900
Edgar Jordan
1898–1898
Richard Ellis Jordan
1900–1906
Laura Mae Jordan
1904–1993
Frances Leaetta Jordan
1906–1990
Irene Jordan
1908–1960
Vernie Lee Jordan
1913–2002
Maudie Inez Jordan
1916–1995

Sources (15)

  • Mary E Jordan, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Mary Elizabeth Mears - Published information: birth-name: Mary Elizabeth 'Bessie' Mears
  • Mary Elizabeth Mears, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"

World Events (8)

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.

1890

Historical Boundaries: 1890: Hardeman, Texas, United States 1891: Foard, Texas, United States

1900 · Gold for Cash!

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

Name Meaning

English: variant of Mear , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish: from Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’. Compare Myers .

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

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