Elenor M Reaves

Female31 May 1904–29 April 1944

Brief Life History of Elenor M

When Elenor M Reaves was born on 31 May 1904, in California, United States, her father, James Jones Reavis, was 44 and her mother, Mary Edith Maples, was 35. She lived in Bakersfield, Kern, California, United States in 1920. She died on 29 April 1944, in San Francisco, California, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, San Mateo, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Carl Luther Newby
1901–1977
Elenor M Reaves
1904–1944

Sources (8)

  • Elenor M Reaves in household of James J Reaves, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Elinore Newby, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elinore R Newby in entry for Carl Luther Newby, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 2

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

Age 2

A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 12

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Reeves .

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

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