Etta Yarber

1875–22 December 1953 (Age 79)
Illinois, United States

The Life of Etta

When Etta Yarber was born in 1875, in Illinois, United States, her father, David Yarber, was 45 and her mother, Sara Catherine Smith, was 41. She married Charles Sumner Laws on 28 May 1902, in East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Canteen Township, St. Clair, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 22 December 1953, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Charles Sumner Laws
1862–1929
Etta Yarber
1875–1953
Marriage: 28 May 1902
Mary Kathryn Laws
1903–1962

Spouse and Children

    Charles Sumner Laws

    Male1862–1929Male

    Etta Yarber

    Female1875–1953Female

MARRIAGE
28 May 1902
East Saint Louis, St. Clair, Illinois, United States
children

(1)

Parents and Siblings

    David Yarber

    Male1830–1882Male

    Sara Catherine Smith

    Female1834–1916Female

siblings

(12)

    Mary Jane Yarber

    Female1851–1913Female

    William Yarber

    Male1854–Male

    John Yarber

    Male1856–Male

    Joseph Edward Yarber

    Male1858–1922Male

    James W. Yarber

    Male1860–1931Male

+7 More Children

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

Age 0

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · The First Workers Strike

Age 2

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 21

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: probably an altered form of English Yarbord or Yerburgh, both variants of Yarbrough .

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

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Sources (3)

  • Etta Lawes in household of James C Bullock, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Etta Laws in household of Charles S Laws, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Etta Laws in household of Charles S Laws, "United States Census, 1910"

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