E. H. Herring

10 March 1925–25 April 2002 (Age 77)
Wayne, North Carolina, United States

The Life of E. H.

When E. H. Herring was born on 10 March 1925, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, his father, George Thomas Herring Jr., was 41 and his mother, Lola Bertha Williamson, was 43. He lived in Brogden, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Brogden Township, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 25 April 2002, in Wayne, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

George Thomas Herring Jr.
1883–1950
Lola Bertha Williamson
1881–1972
Elbert Earl Herring
1903–1974
Robert Stephen Herring
1905–1986
Kathleen Ziffia Herring
1907–1969
Eula Gertrude Herring
1910–1949
George Thomas Herring
1911–1991
James Henry Herring
1913–1981
Nellie Mae Herring Wolfe
1915–1988
Romie Lee Herring
1918–1974
Frances Herring
1920–2015
Ernestine Herring
1922–1922
E. H. Herring
1925–2002

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World Events (8)

1927

Age 2

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929

Age 4

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.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act

Age 22

The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.

Name Meaning

1 English, Scottish, Dutch, and German: metonymic occupational name for a herring fisher or for a seller of the fish, Middle English hering, Dutch haring, Middle High German hærinc. In some cases it may have been a nickname in the sense of a trifle, something of little value, a meaning which is found in medieval phrases and proverbial expressions such as ‘to like neither herring nor barrel’, i.e. not to like something at all.2 German: habitational name from Herringen in Westphalia.3 Dutch: from a personal name, a derivative of a Germanic compound name with the first element hari, heri ‘army’.

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

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Sources (3)

  • E H Herring in household of George Herring, "United States Census, 1940"
  • E H Herring in household of George T Herring, "United States Census, 1930"
  • E H Herring, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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