Brief Life History of Zella Zerania
Zella Zerania Myers was born on 15 September 1894, in Ohio, United States. She married Harry Newton Beck on 5 September 1911, in Mount Vernon, Knox, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Franklinton, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States for about 1 years and Franklin, Ohio, United States in 1973. She died on 28 July 1973, in Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Zella Z Righter, "United States 1950 Census"
- Zella Myers, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Zella Z Righter, "Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007"
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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
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
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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