Brief Life History of Eva May
When Eva May Walt was born on 13 May 1869, in Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Isaac Lewis Walt, was 23 and her mother, Sarah Ellen Miller, was 25. She married Joseph Hillary Ott on 3 February 1889, in Mount Carroll, Carroll, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Clovis, Curry, New Mexico, United States in 1920 and Chico, Butte, California, United States in 1930. She died on 1 May 1937, at the age of 67, and was buried in Chico, Butte, California, United States.
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- Effa Mary Walt in household of Isaac L Walt, "United States Census, 1870"
- Legacy NFS Source: Eva May Walt - Government record: Census record: birth: 13 May 1869; Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
- Eva M Ott, "California Death Index, 1905-1939"
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World Events (8)
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
Name Meaning
German: variant of Waldt ‘forest’.
German: from a short form of the personal name Walther .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wald .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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