Brief Life History of Everett P.
When Everett P. Meyer was born on 11 July 1906, in Rochester, Monroe, New York, United States, his mother, Florence Emma Paul, was 21 and his father, Otto Meyer, was 24. He lived in Monroe, New York, United States in 1920 and United States in 1949. He died on 19 May 1980, in Fairport, Monroe, New York, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Pittsford, Pittsford, Monroe, New York, United States.
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- Everett Meyer, "United States Census, 1940"
- Everett Meyer, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Everett P Meyer, "United States 1950 Census"
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1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
German and Swiss German: from Middle High German meier, a status name for a steward, bailiff, or overseer, which later came to be used also to denote a tenant farmer, which is normally the sense in the many compound surnames formed with this term as a second element. Originally it denoted a village headman (ultimately from Latin maior ‘greater, superior’). This form of the surname is also established in France (mainly Alsace and Lorraine); see also 3 below. Compare Maier , Mayer , Meier , and Myer .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish personal name Meyer, from Hebrew Meir ‘enlightener’, a derivative of or ‘light’ with the prefix m-. Compare Maier , Majer , Major , Mayer , Mayor , Meier , and Meir .
Dutch: variant, also Flemish and Americanized, of Meijer , a cognate of 1 above. This surname is also established in South Africa, where it was also brought from France (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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