Brief Life History of Nellie Grace
When Nellie Grace Burns was born on 29 July 1901, in Huntington, Indiana, United States, her father, Abraham Lincoln Burns, was 41 and her mother, Rachel M Daltry, was 41. She married Donald Homeyer on 18 January 1920, in Huntington, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Colton Judicial Township, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1940 and Colton, San Bernardino, California, United States for about 1 years. She died on 26 September 1985, in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Green Acres Memorial Park, Bloomington, San Bernardino, California, United States.
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- Nellie G Homeyer, "United States Census, 1950"
- Nellie Burns, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
- Nellie Grace Burns Homeyer, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
Scottish (central Scotland and northern England): habitational name from any of various places called formerly Burnis, Burnes, or Burnhouse (named with burn- ‘stream’), especially those in Kincardineshire, Renfrewshire, Dunbartonshire, and possibly Argyll.
English and Scottish: variant either of Burn , with post-medieval excrescent -s, or of Barnes .
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Broin (see Byrne ), with excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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