Brief Life History of Eva B.
When Eva B. Gatewood was born on 8 September 1904, in Silver City, Mills, Iowa, United States, her father, Eugene Ray Gatewood, was 29 and her mother, Cora Edna Walker, was 27. She had at least 1 son with Ole Helmer. She lived in Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States in 1935 and Burbank Township, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States in 1940. She died on 24 August 1994, in Willmar, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in New London, Kandiyohi, Minnesota, United States.
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- Eva B Helmer in household of Ole Helmer, "United States Census, 1940"
- Eva B. Helmer, "Minnesota Death Index, 1908-2002"
- Eva Helmer in entry for Ole A Helmer, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
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 · The End of Capital Punishment
Between the state's entry into the Union and 1906, 27 people were executed by hanging in Minnesota. Public opinion soon shifted against the death penalty in the state and was formally abolished in 1911. Since its abolishment, there have been 23 attempts to reinstate the death penalty, but none of these bills passed the state legislature.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Gatward, derived from either an occupational name for a goatherd (Middle English gate-werde, Old English gātweard), or from an occupational name for a gate keeper (Middle English gateward, Old English ʒeatweard, dialect gātward). This surname is now rare in Britain.
History: The Gatewood family has been established in Essex County, VA, and Spotsylvania since the 17th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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