Elva Maria Bain

Female3 April 1936–9 September 2012

Brief Life History of Elva Maria

When Elva Maria Bain was born on 3 April 1936, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, her father, Delbert Leroy Bain, was 24 and her mother, Mary Tiexiera, was 25. She married Howard C. Gabriel on 10 July 1954, in Alameda, California, United States. She lived in Oakland Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. She died on 9 September 2012, in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 76.

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Howard C. Gabriel
Elva Maria Bain
1936–2012
Marriage: 10 July 1954

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  • Elva Maria Bain, "United States Census, 1940"

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  • Marriage
    10 July 1954Alameda, California, United States
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    World Events (8)

    1937 · The Neutrality Act

    Age 1

    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 Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

    1953 · Grizzly Bear Becomes State Animal

    Age 17

    The California grizzly bear became designated as the state animal in 1953.

    1956 · The Federal Aid Highway Act

    Age 20

    With the construction of 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System, the Federal Aid Highway Act made way for the largest public works project in American history at that time. One of the purposes was to provide military access to places in case of an attack.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish, Manx, and Irish: nickname for a fair-haired man, from Gaelic bàn, Irish bán ‘white, fair’. This surname is common in the Highlands, first recorded in Perth in 1324. It is also found as a shortened form of McBain , from Mac B(h)eathain. As a Manx name (spelled Bane) this may be a shortened form of Manx Macguilley Vane, equivalent to Irish Mac Giolla Bháin ‘son of the fair youth’. Compare Irish Kilbane .

    English (northern) and Scottish: nickname for a hospitable person, from northern Middle English beyn, bayn ‘welcoming, friendly’ (Old Norse beinn ‘straight, direct’).

    English (northern) and Scottish: nickname from northern Middle English bān, bain ‘bone, leg’ (Old English bān, Old Norse bein), perhaps denoting someone with a gammy leg. In northern Middle English -ā- was preserved, whereas in southern dialects (which later became standard), it was changed to -ō-.

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

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