Earl Mortimer Setchell

Brief Life History of Earl Mortimer

When Earl Mortimer Setchell was born on 11 January 1881, in Mendota, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, his father, Mortimer Thomas Setchell, was 31 and his mother, Ellice "Ellie" Freeland, was 26. He married Mary Elizabeth McMillan on 25 January 1905, in Ottawa, LaSalle, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Troy Grove, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1930 and Troy Grove Township, LaSalle, Illinois, United States in 1940. He died on 13 January 1968, in Mendota, LaSalle, Illinois, United States, at the age of 87.

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Family Time Line

Earl Mortimer Setchell
1881–1968
Mary Elizabeth McMillan
1878–1957
Marriage: 25 January 1905
Lawrence Earl Setchell
1906–1978
Vernon E Setchell
1913–2005

Sources (20)

  • Earl Setchell, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Earl M Setchell, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Earl Mortimer Setchell, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1885 · The First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from Setchel Fen in Cottenham (Cambridgeshire), from Old English secg ‘sedge’ + haga ‘enclosure’, later confused with hall and hill.

variant of Satchell .

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

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