Ada Eckel

Brief Life History of Ada

When Ada Eckel was born on 17 May 1882, in Newport, Campbell, Kentucky, United States, her father, Adam Eckel, was 24 and her mother, Elizabeth Roth, was 22. She married Palmer Joseph Herthel on 26 August 1905, in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Magisterial District 1, Campbell, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Magisterial District 2, Campbell, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 6 December 1958, in Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Southgate, Campbell, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Palmer Joseph Herthel
1882–1956
Ada Eckel
1882–1958
Marriage: 26 August 1905
Douglas C W Herthel
1903–
Carlyle P. Herthel
1904–1958
Malbon Herthel
1909–

Sources (15)

  • Ada Van Nort, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Ada Van Nort, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"
  • Adlyn Vannort in entry for Howard Earl Vannort, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1902 · So Much Farm Land

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

Name Meaning

South German: from a pet form of the personal name Eckehard (see Eckert ).

German: habitational name from any of the places called Eckel in Lower Saxony and Rhineland-Palatinate.

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

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