Brief Life History of Joel Edgar
When Joel Edgar Vandever was born on 23 March 1897, in Royse City, Rockwall, Texas, United States, his father, Bill Joe Vandever, was 24 and his mother, Caldonia Marie Weaver, was 21. He married Emma Susie Lewis on 12 April 1918, in Royse City, Rockwall, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Election Precinct 26 Fence Lake, Valencia, New Mexico, United States in 1940 and Valencia, Valencia, New Mexico, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1917. He died on 30 August 1973, in Redmond, Crook, Oregon, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Redmond, Crook, Oregon, United States.
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- Edgar J Vandever, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joel Edgar Vandever - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Joel Edgar Vandever
- J Edgar Vandever, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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World Events (8)
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.
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.”
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Dutch: variant of Vandeveer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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