Brief Life History of Ella
When Ella Sherman was born on 14 March 1895, in Madison, Lake, South Dakota, United States, her father, Charles Sherman, was 57 and her mother, Henrietta Weise, was 37. She had at least 2 daughters with Ralph Harley Phillips. She lived in Wichita, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 7 May 1951, in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Ella Phillips in household of Charles Harris, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ella Sherman Phillips, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ella Phillps in entry for Mary Jane Mcbride, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.
Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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