Brief Life History of Minnie Evelyn
When Minnie Evelyn York was born on 23 June 1907, in St. Stephen, Charlotte, New Brunswick, Canada, her father, Arthur Augustus York, was 28 and her mother, Eunice Ellen Beathem, was 23. She married Oakley Giles in 1928, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 daughters. She lived in Howland, Penobscot, Maine, United States for about 15 years. She died on 16 November 1999, in Howland, Penobscot, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Maine, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (12)
- Minnie Giles, "United States 1950 Census"
- Minnie Evelyn York, "Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900"
- Minnie E Giles in entry for Robert M Neal and Ramona Giles, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
Spouse and Children
1908–1960 Male
1907–1999 Female
Children (6)
1928–2010 Female
1930–2011 Female
1933– Female
1935–2021 Female
1935–2011 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1879–1965 Male
1883–1960 Female
Siblings (7)
1907–1999 Female
1912–1985 Male
1915–2002 Female
1920–1921 Male
1923–2004 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 1
1917 · World War I Contributions
Age 10
1931
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of York in northern England. The surname is now widespread throughout England. Originally, the city bore the Latin name Eburacum, which is probably from a Brittonic name meaning ‘yew-tree place’. This was altered by folk etymology to Old English Eoforwīc (from the elements eofor ‘wild boar’ + wīc ‘specialized farmstead’). This name was taken over by Scandinavian settlers, who altered it back to opacity in the form Jórvík or Jórk (English York, which became finally settled as the placename in the 13th century). The surname has also been adopted by Jews as an Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
In some cases also an American shortened and altered form of the East Slavic patronymic Yurkovich or its Croatian, Slovak, or Slovenian variants. Compare Yurk .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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