Brief Life History of Eva Mae
When Eva Mae Hurt was born on 23 August 1886, in Oregon, United States, her father, Orlando Victor Hurt, was 27 and her mother, Sarah Matilda Starr, was 23. She lived in Alsea, Benton, Oregon, United States for about 20 years and Alsea Election Precinct, Lincoln, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 22 December 1980, in Benton, Oregon, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Yachats Memorial Park, Lincoln, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Mae E Johnson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Eva Mae Hurt Johnson, "Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918"
- Eva Mae Johnson, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1898 · Oregon Historical Society
The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.”
1911 · First U.S. Primary Elections Held
The first U.S. primary elections were held in Oregon in 1911.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hart . In Middle English, Old English heorot ‘hart’ became hurt west of a line running roughly from Dorking to Birmingham, and this has occasionally survived, though often replaced by the standard hart from hert.
German: topographic name from Middle High German hurt ‘hurdle, woven fence’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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