Eva Mae Herrod

Female21 March 1882–15 October 1938

Brief Life History of Eva Mae Herrod

When Eva Mae Herrod was born on 21 March 1882, in Monticello, Drew, Arkansas, United States, her father, John M Herrod, was 51 and her mother, Atelia Scarborough, was 32. She married Hezekiah K Rash on 25 February 1906, in Drew, Arkansas, United States. She lived in Grayson Township, Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 7, Hidalgo, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 15 October 1938, in Edcouch, Hidalgo, Texas, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Weslaco, Hidalgo, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Sherwood Downey
1868–1939
Eva Mae Herrod
1882–1938
Marriage: 6 March 1910
Herbert Sherwood Downey
1911–1968
William Clarence Downey
1913–1985
Mildred Verlee Downey
1915–1915
Rubye Lee Downey
1917–1984
Hazel LaVohn Downey
1919–2001
Lillie May Downey
1926–2011

Sources (9)

  • Eva May Herrod in household of Herrod, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Eva M Herrod in entry for Joseph Anthony Babic, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
  • Eva Mae Downey, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    6 March 1910Jefferson, Oklahoma, United States
  • Children (6)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1883 · The Mosaic Templar is Founded

    Age 1

    The Mosaic Templar is an African American fraternal organization founded in Little Rock. it was founded by former slaves, John Edward Bush and Chester W. Keatts. It was part of a movement that was going on at the time, where everyone was forming fraternities and sororities. The main departments for this one where endowment, monument, analysis, uniform, rank, recapitulation, records, and a juvenile division.

    1886

    Age 4

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 16

    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.

    Name Meaning

    Spanish, Portuguese, and also English (Cornwall): from the Latin female personal name Eva (see Eve ).

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

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