Mary Elizabeth Etter

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Etter was born on 19 December 1922, in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States, her father, James Charles O'Conner Etter, was 47 and her mother, Mary Rebecca Hash, was 32. She married John Luck Steele on 25 September 1941, in Roanoke County, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Roanoke, Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 11 April 1996, in Salem, Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Salem, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Luck Steele
1919–1986
Mary Elizabeth Etter
1922–1996
Marriage: 25 September 1941
Baby Boy Steele
1946–1946

Sources (16)

  • Mary Etter in household of James C Etter, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Elizabeth Birch Merritt, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Mary Elizabeth Etter, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington

The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

South German and Swiss German: topographic name for someone who lived near the boundary fence of a village, from Middle High German eter ‘woven boundary fence’.

North German: from Middle Low German etter ‘uncle’ or ‘cousin’.

Swiss German: from Middle High German etter ‘cousin’.

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

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