Ervin Needham

Male23 November 1884–21 December 1952

Brief Life History of Ervin

When Ervin Needham was born on 23 November 1884, in Napoleon Township, Henry, Ohio, United States, his father, Norman Fillmore Needham, was 23 and his mother, Catharine "Kate" Babcock Needham, was 29. He married Grace Jane McBride on 16 March 1910, in Dundee, Dundee Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Napoleon, Napoleon Township, Henry, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Dundee, Dundee Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States in 1910. He died on 21 December 1952, in Napoleon, Henry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

Ervin Needham
1884–1952
Grace Jane McBride
1880–1917
Marriage: 16 March 1910
John Erwin Needham
1915–1927

Sources (12)

  • Ervin Needham in household of Carol Needham, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ervin Needham - Government record: birth: about 1885; Ohio, United States
  • Ervin Needham, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    16 March 1910Dundee, Dundee Township, Monroe, Michigan, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 2

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

    Age 2

    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.

    1902 · So Much Farm Land

    Age 18

    A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places so named, such as High Needham in Hartington (Derbyshire), Needham in Elm (Cambridgeshire), Needham (Norfolk), Needham in Yaxley, Needham Street in Gazeley or Needham Market (all in Suffolk). These places are named with Old English nēd ‘need, hardship’ + hām ‘homestead’, denoting a place that provided a poor living.

    Irish (County Mayo): Anglicized form of Ó Niadh, see Nee .

    History: English explorer James Needham carried the name to the southern Carolina settlement, arriving from Barbados in 1670 as a young man.

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

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