Brief Life History of Earnest
When Earnest Mead was born on 3 July 1865, in California, United States, his father, Thaddeus Wood Mead, was 27 and his mother, Mary Rebecca Honn, was 23. He lived in Willits, Mendocino, California, United States in 1910 and Little Lake, Mendocino, California, United States in 1930. He died on 18 January 1944, in Mendocino, California, United States, at the age of 78.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Ernest Meade in household of George R Meade, "United States Census, 1930"
- Ernest W Mead, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
- Ernest W Mead in household of George E Mead, "United States Census, 1920"
Parents and Siblings
1837–1906 Male
1841–1925 Female
Siblings (6)
1862–1931 Male
1863–1918 Male
1865–1944 Male
1869–1949 Male
1872–1945 Female
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World Events (8)
1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
Age 1
1869 · Transcontinental Railroad Reaches San Francisco
Age 4
1886
Age 21
Name Meaning
English:
topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English mǣd), or a habitational name from one or more of the many places so named, such as Meads in Harford (Devon).
perhaps from Middle English mede ‘mead, alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water’, possibly denoting one who was fond of the drink or who made or sold mead. Compare Meader .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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