Judith Brooks Oliver

Female15 September 1884–10 December 1964

Brief Life History of Judith Brooks

When Judith Brooks Oliver was born on 15 September 1884, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, her father, Fielding Wade Oliver, was 24 and her mother, Anna Williamson, was 24. She lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Clayton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1920. She died on 10 December 1964, in Maine, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Fielding Wade Oliver
1860–1919
Anna Williamson
1859–1949
Margary Oliver
1882–
Marjorie Oliver
1882–1969
Judith Brooks Oliver
1884–1964
Guy Williamson Oliver
1887–1940

Sources (11)

  • Judith B Oliver in household of Anne W Oliver, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Judith B Oliver, "Maine Death Index, 1960-1996"
  • Judith B Oliver, "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1886

Age 2

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1894

Age 10

Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.

1905 · Squaw Mountain Fire Lookout

Age 21

In 1905, a fire lookout tower (among the first of its kind) was constructed in Piscataquis County on Squaw Mountain. Due to Maine's abundance of lumber and paper mills, it was essential that a system be developed to help spot fires as quickly as possible.

Name Meaning

English (northern), southern Scottish, southern French, and German: from the Old French personal name Oliver (modern French Olivier). This became common largely through the influence of the immensely popular narrative poem Chanson de Roland, in which the warrior Oliver is the wise best friend of the doomed hero Roland. The two men were peers at the court of Charlemagne, and the name is probably of ancient Germanic origin. The name ostensibly means ‘olive tree’ (see Oliveira ), but this is almost certainly the result of folk etymology working on an unidentified ancient Germanic personal name, perhaps a cognate of Alvaro . Old Norse Óláf (see Olliff ) and ancient Germanic Alfhari (composed of the elements alf ‘elf’ and hari ‘army’) have also been suggested as sources, but both personal names are difficult to explain phonetically, especially the latter. The Anglo-Norman name has been established in Ireland (Louth) since at least the 14th century, and was reinforced in Ulster and Limerick by migrants from England in the 17th century. The surname is also borne by Jews, apparently as an adoption of the non-Jewish surname.

Catalan: generally a topographic name from oliver ‘olive tree’, but in some instances possibly related to a homonymous personal name (see 1 above).

History: The surname Oliver of French origin (see 1 above) is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.

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

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