Errett Zumwalt

Brief Life History of Errett

When Errett Zumwalt was born on 7 November 1872, in Elsberry, Lincoln, Missouri, United States, his father, William Andrew Zumwalt, was 43 and his mother, Millie Phillips, was 42. He married Lucy W Long on 2 March 1894, in Lincoln, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Eastport, Kootenai, Idaho, United States in 1936 and lived in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada in 1931 and Judicial Township 3, San Mateo, California, United States in 1940. He died on 5 July 1961, in Campbell, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Errett Zumwalt
1872–1961
Lucy W Long
1871–1938
Marriage: 2 March 1894
Margaret Long "Maggie" Zumwalt
1895–1971
Columbus Glen Zumwalt
1897–1903
Edmond Lee Zumwalt
1902–1995
William Nim Zumwalt
1905–1983
Milford Woodson Zumwalt
1908–1998
Robert Errett Zumwalt
1911–2004
Lottie M Zumwalt
1914–2014

Sources (16)

  • Errett Zumwalt, "Canada Census, 1931"
  • Errett Zumwalt, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Errett Zumwalt, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1890

Idaho is the 43rd state.

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.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German Zumwald: topographic name for someone who lived ‘by the forest’, from Middle High German walt ‘woods, forest’ + the fused preposition and article zum (zu dem) ‘at the’. Compare Sumwalt and Zumalt .

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

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