Brief Life History of Ethel May
When Ethel May Call was born on 21 April 1890, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, her father, Josiah Call, was 28 and her mother, Dove Facer, was 23. She married Wilford Watkins Hymas on 2 October 1913, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Rigby Election Precinct 1, Jefferson, Idaho, United States for about 5 years and United States in 1949. She died on 25 October 1981, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States.
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- Ethel Hymas, "United States 1950 Census"
- Ethel May Call, "Idaho, Birth Index, 1861-1911"
- Ethel M. Call, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
Irish: shortened form of McCall .
English: from Middle English calle, cale (Old English cawl) ‘container, basket, net’, commonly used of a kind of hair net, close-fitting cap, or headdress worn by women to cover tied-up hair. The name could have been given as a metonymic occupational name to a maker of women's caps or perhaps of baskets or nets.
English: alternatively, perhaps a nickname from Middle English cale (also calle), a side form of calwe ‘bald’ (from Old English calu).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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