Eva M. Saxon

Brief Life History of Eva M.

When Eva M. Saxon was born on 8 April 1890, in Hamburg, Germany, her father, Conrad Sacksen, was 29 and her mother, Martha Magdalena Schliemann, was 24. She married Thomas Harvey Evans on 25 April 1909, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Boston Ward 1, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1910 and Peabody, Essex, Massachusetts, United States for about 10 years. She died on 3 October 1982, at the age of 92.

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George W. Groce
1878–1970
Eva M. Saxon
1890–1982
Marriage: 15 March 1919
Thomas Evans
1909–1990
Walter George Groce
1921–2014
Herbert Adolph Groce
1924–1968

Sources (17)

  • Eva Grace, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Eva Suchsen, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Eva M Sacksen, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

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World Events (8)

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.

1914

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.

Name Meaning

English (Lancashire): variant of Saxton .

Americanized form of Estonian Suurhans ‘big Hans’ (see Hans ).

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

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