Brief Life History of Ethel
When Ethel Pullen was born on 9 November 1915, in Waelder, Gonzales, Texas, United States, her father, Jim Pullen, was 20 and her mother, Mattie Williams, was 22. She married Jafus Manning in 1933, in Milam, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died on 15 January 2001, in Falls, Texas, United States, at the age of 85.
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- Ethel Manning in household of Jafus Manning, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ethel Pullen in entry for Jafus O Manning, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Ethel Pullen in entry for Dorthy Mae Harvey, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English polein, Old French poulain, Anglo-Norman French pulein ‘foal, colt’.
English: variant of Pullum .
Dutch and German: patronymic from Pul, a variant of Pol 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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