Everett Sullivan Abernathy

Brief Life History of Everett Sullivan

When Everett Sullivan Abernathy was born on 17 September 1886, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, his father, Alonzo L Abernathy, was 34 and his mother, Lucinda Patrick, was 30. He married Elisabeth Gutknecht on 24 December 1927. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States in 1900 and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 7 July 1963, in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery Mausoleum and Crematory, Lemay, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Everett Sullivan Abernathy
1886–1963
Elisabeth Gutknecht
1903–1995
Marriage: 24 December 1927
Everett " Gene" Marshall Abernathy
1939–

Sources (5)

  • Everitt Abernathy in household of John Watkins, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Everett Abernathy, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Everrett S Abernathy in household of Linus Abernathy, "United States Census, 1920"

World Events (8)

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.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Abernethy in southeastern Perthshire. The placename is of Pictish origin, meaning ‘mouth of the river Nethy’.

History: This was the name of a cadet branch of MacDuff earls of Fife and one of the surnames of the Scots who settled in northern Ireland during the ‘plantation’ in the 17th century, and it was brought to the US as the name of a Southern plantation owner (in a different sense of the word ‘plantation’).

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

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