Brief Life History of Elna C
When Elna C Zabel was born on 24 February 1896, in Valley Cottage, Rockland, New York, United States, her father, Adolph Julius Zabel, was 29 and her mother, Anna Marie Miller, was 26. She married Joseph Francis Ennis on 29 June 1919, in Piermont, Rockland, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Englewood, Bergen, New Jersey, United States for about 10 years and Schraalenburgh, Bergen, New Jersey, United States in 1950. She died in August 1973, in Dumont, Bergen, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Germonds Cemetery, New City, Rockland, New York, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Elma Ennis, "United States Census, 1940"
- New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942
- New York State, Marriage Index, 1881-1967
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1903
The Public Service Corporation (PSC) was formed on May 6, 1903. The company began as a merger of a power company with four different trolley companies. PSC would ultimately combine with over 400 other companies.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German zabel ‘board game’ (from Latin tabula), hence a nickname for a habitual game player.
North German: variant of Zobel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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