Ethie May Malin

Brief Life History of Ethie May

When Ethie May Malin was born on 26 May 1879, in Rockport, Summit, Utah, United States, her father, John McGuckin Malin, was 45 and her mother, Alice Melissa Smith, was 34. She married Leo Joseph Muir on 19 June 1902, in Rockport, Summit, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 29 June 1949, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leo Joseph Muir
1880–1967
Ethie May Malin
1879–1949
Marriage: 19 June 1902
Steven Le Roy Muir
1913–1959

Sources (16)

  • Ethie Muir in household of Leo C Muir, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Ethie Malin Muir, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • Ethie M. Malin, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1885 · The World's First Skyscraper

The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English female personal name Malin, a diminutive of Mall or Mald (Maud). See Mall and compare Mallinson and Maude 2.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Male (a back-formation from Malka as if it contained the Slavic diminutive suffix -ke), with the addition of the Slavic possessive suffix -in.

Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): habitational name from Malin, a place in Ukraine.

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

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Service as a Missionary

From the obituary of her husband Leo J Muir, I discovered this aunt of mine Ethie Mae Malin Muir served with him at age 60 when he was called as Pres. of Northern States Mission. More info coming as I …

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