Brief Life History of Mary Eliza
When Mary Eliza Nye was born on 16 September 1901, in Blockton, Taylor, Iowa, United States, her father, John Potter Nye, was 42 and her mother, Mary Evalina Farnsworth, was 30. She married John Henry Reed Jr. on 6 May 1934, in Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Jefferson Township, Taylor, Iowa, United States for about 10 years and Athelstan, Taylor, Iowa, United States in 1925. She died in 1982, in Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, United States, at the age of 81.
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- Marry Nye in household of John P Nye, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Mary Eliza Nye, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Mary E Nye in entry for Mills Reed, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English (southern): from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ye ‘at the island’ (Old English ēg, īeg ‘island’), becoming atte nye. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived on an island or patch of firm ground surrounded by marsh, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Nye in Winscombe, Somerset.
English: alternatively, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten eye, atten ee ‘at the river’ (Old English ēa ‘river’), becoming atte nee. The surname may be topographic, for someone who lived near a river, or habitational, from a place so named, such as Neigh Bridge in Somerford Keynes, Wiltshire.
Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 聶, see Nie 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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