Georgia Maude Overly

Brief Life History of Georgia Maude

When Georgia Maude Overly was born in 1879, in Berea, Madison, Kentucky, United States, her father, James H. Overley, was 32 and her mother, Alice Beckett, was 28. She married John Popp in 1905. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 6 Glade, Madison, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Reily, Butler, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 25 May 1939, in Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Butler, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Popp
1871–1948
Georgia Maude Overly
1879–1939
Marriage: 1905
Edna Anna Popp
1904–1913
George William Popp
1906–1997
Anna Ethel Popp
1907–1995
Andrew Popp
1909–1910
Edgar Riley Popp
1911–1984
Francis A Popp
1914–1982
Raymond Charles Popp
1915–1992

Sources (19)

  • Georgia M Popp in household of John Popp, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Maud Overley, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Georgia Maud Popp, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

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.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Norwegian Øverli, Øverlie: from the frequent farm names Øverli(e), Øverlien, from øver ‘upper’ + li ‘hillside, mountain slope’.

Americanized form of German Oberle or Oberley .

English: habitational name from a place called Overley or Overleigh, as for example Overleigh in Cheshire, named with Old English uferra ‘higher’ + lēah ‘(woodland) clearing, glade’.

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

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