Eugene Silas Strout

7 March 1899–23 November 1974 (Age 75)
Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States

The Life of Eugene Silas

When Eugene Silas Strout was born on 7 March 1899, in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, his father, Eugene Strout, was 36 and his mother, Nellie A Matthews, was 25. He married Elizabeth S McKay on 1 February 1925, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States. He died on 23 November 1974, in Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Eugene Silas Strout
1899–1974
Elizabeth S McKay
1900–
Marriage: 1 February 1925

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
1 February 1925
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Parents and Siblings

    Eugene Strout

    Male1862–1939Male

    Nellie A Matthews

    Female1874–1963Female

siblings

(2)

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 1

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

Age 2

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

Age 20

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

Name Meaning

English (Cornwall): perhaps, as Reaney suggests, a variant of Strutt .

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

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Sources (3)

  • Eugene S Strout Junior, "Minnesota State Census, 1905"
  • Eugene S Strout in household of Eugene Strout, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Eugene S Strout, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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