When Mary Etta Easley was born in October 1889, in Texas, United States, her father, Eli Langford Easley, was 49 and her mother, Mary Patience Raibourn, was 36. She married William Richard Ricks on 2 February 1908, in Throckmorton, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Throckmorton, Throckmorton, Texas, United States in 1900 and Seymour, Baylor, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 20 September 1970, in Wichita, Texas, United States, at the age of 80.
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Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Americanized form of German Eisele . Compare Isley .
English: variant of Eastley, a topographic name from Middle English est ‘east’ + lei(e) ‘open land, clearing’ (Old English ēast + lēah), for someone who lived ‘at the east clearing’, or from a place so named, such as Eastleigh (Hampshire), Eastleigh in Westleigh (Devon), or Eastley Farm and Copse in Leckhampstead (Berkshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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