Saul Napier

Brief Life History of Saul

When Saul Napier was born on 30 June 1940, in Harlan, Kentucky, United States, his father, Floyd Napier, was 37 and his mother, Lillie Day, was 33. He married Betty L Engle on 21 February 1959, in Corbin, Whitley, Kentucky, United States. He died on 31 January 1995, in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 54.

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Family Time Line

Saul Napier
1940–1995
Betty L Engle
1943–
Marriage: 21 February 1959

Sources (4)

  • Saul Napier, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Saul Napier, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
  • Soul Napier, "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999"

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World Events (8)

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

1944 · Kentucky Dam is Completed

The Kentucky dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Tennessee River between Livingston and Marshall counties in Kentucky. It was completed August 30,1944.

1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins

The civil rights movement was a movement to enforce constitutional and legal rights for African Americans that the other Americans enjoyed. By using nonviolent campaigns, those involved secured new recognition in laws and federal protection of all Americans. Moderators worked with Congress to pass of several pieces of legislation that overturned discriminatory practices.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: occupational name from Old French napier, nappier, nap(p)er(er) ‘one who looks after the napery or table-linen’, a derivative of Old French nappe ‘table-cloth, napkin’. In Middle English, Napier and Nap(p)er might also have denoted a maker of table cloths, though this sense has not been recorded.

English: alternatively an occupational name from Nap(p)er from an unrecorded Middle English word for one who makes naps, i.e. drinking cups or chalices (Middle English nap, Old English hnæp). Napper could also be a nickname from Middle English nappere ‘one who sleeps or naps’, though this is the least likely of the alternatives.

American shortened form of Polish Napierala or a similar name.

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

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