David Neff

Brief Life History of David

When David Neff was born on 13 June 1871, in East Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Amos Herr Neff, was 46 and his mother, Catharine Elizabeth Thomas, was 28. He married Amy Ethel Chamberlin about 1896, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Election Precinct 1, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Township 6, Elko, Nevada, United States in 1940. He died on 10 December 1951, in Buhl, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Neff
1871–1951
Amy Ethel Chamberlin
1880–1954
Marriage: about 1896
David Chamberlin Neff
1907–1916
Amy Ethel Chamberlin Neff
1911–2006
Emerson Chamberlin Neff
1913–1983

Sources (72)

  • David Neff, "United States 1950 Census"
  • David Neff, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961

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Name Meaning

German and Swiss German: relationship name from Middle High German neve ‘nephew’ (later rather broader in application, like cousin in English), hence probably a distinguishing name for a close relation or familiar of a prominent personage. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Naff .

Dutch: variant of Neve , cognate with 1 above.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): from German Neffe ‘nephew’, cognate with 1 above.

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

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