Mearl Rader

Brief Life History of Mearl

When Mearl Rader was born on 28 November 1884, in McComb, Pleasant Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States, his father, McClelland Rader, was 21 and his mother, Ida Hanna, was 19. He married Jennie Pearl Fry on 25 October 1905, in Hancock, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Hancock, Pleasant Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States in 1950 and Hancock, Ohio, United States in 1979. He died on 13 October 1979, in McComb, Pleasant Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in McComb Union Cemetery, McComb, Pleasant Township, Hancock, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Mearl Rader
1884–1979
Jennie Pearl Fry
1886–1972
Marriage: 25 October 1905
Velma Arthella Rader
1907–1990
Hobart Clarence Rader
1908–1978
Sarah Eloise Rader
1913–1982

Sources (21)

  • Mearl Rader, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Mearl Rader, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Mearl Rader, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

Name Meaning

German (also Räder): occupational name for a wheelwright, from an agent derivative of Middle High German rat ‘wheel’.

German (Räder): metonymic occupational name for a flour sifter or mill hand, from Middle High German reder ‘sieve’.

German: occasionally an occupational name from Middle Low German rader ‘adviser’.

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

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