Brief Life History of Evelyn Grace
When Evelyn Grace Eaton was born on 23 May 1913, in New Brighton, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, William Frederick Eaton, was 19 and her mother, Louise Mabel Meek, was 20. She lived in Green Township, Hocking, Ohio, United States in 1920. She died on 12 May 2003, at the age of 89.
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- Evelyn Eaton in household of Fred W Eaton, "United States Census, 1920"
- Evelyn G Evans, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Eaton or Eton, such as Eaton Socon (Bedfordshire), Eaton (Cheshire), or Eton (Buckinghamshire), named from either Old English ēa ‘river’ or ēg ‘island, low-lying land’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
History: Nathaneal Eaton, born in Coventry, England, c. 1609, came to MA in 1637 and was the first head of Harvard College, in 1638–39.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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