Brief Life History of Eva Maud
When Eva Maud Henderson was born on 15 November 1899, in Turney, Cherokee, Texas, United States, her father, Joel Perry Henderson, was 41 and her mother, Clara Irwin, was 31. She married Oscar Lee Edwards on 22 April 1917, in Rusk, Cherokee, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Cherokee, Texas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 23 January 1963, in Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Jacksonville, Cherokee, Texas, United States.
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- Eva Edward in household of Oscar Edward, "United States Census, 1920"
- Evie A Henderson, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Eva Maud Edwards, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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