Brief Life History of Evelyn Mae
When Evelyn Mae Silva was born on 5 April 1916, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, George A Silva, was 28 and her mother, Lena Frances Ballard, was 26. She lived in Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States in 1930 and Lowell, Penobscot, Maine, United States in 1940. She died on 19 August 2005, in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Edson Cemetery, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Evelyn May Silva in household of George Silva, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mrs Evelyn S Silva Merritt, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Evelyn M Silva in household of George A Silva, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · World War I Contributions
The legislature of Maine dedicated approximately $1 million towards World War I at the time that US involvement began. By the time armistice would be declared in 1918, Maine contributed roughly 35,000 men and $116 million.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Spanish Jose, Manuel, Carlos, Juan, Luis, Jesus, Mario, Fernando, Francisco, Pedro, Roberto, Miguel. Portuguese Joao, Paulo, Joaquim, Agostinho, Duarte, Henrique, Serafim, Vasco, Ilidio, Adao, Afonso, Altair.
Portuguese, Galician, and Italian: habitational name from any of the many places called Silva in Portugal, Galicia (Spain), and Italy, or a topographic name from (Old) Portuguese and (Old) Galician silva ‘wood’, later ‘bramble’. Compare Da Silva and Silba .
Jewish (Sephardic): adoption of the Iberian surname (see 1 above) at the moment of conversion to Roman Catholicism. After the return to Judaism (generations later), some descendants retained the name their families used as Catholics.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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