Eureca Broyles Cress

Brief Life History of Eureca Broyles

When Eureca Broyles Cress was born on 27 May 1918, in Mount Vernon, Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States, her father, Dirrell Mitchell Cress Jr, was 28 and her mother, Beatrice Jeannie Broyles, was 20. She lived in West Chester Township, Butler, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Lockland, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1950. She died on 26 October 1992, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dirrell Mitchell Cress Jr
1889–1973
Beatrice Jeannie Broyles
1897–1969
John Martin Cress
1916–1990
Eureca Broyles Cress
1918–1992
Augusta Beatrice Cress
1920–1982
Pauline Cress
1922–2009
Fannie Elizabeth Cress
1929–1981
Dirrell Mitchell Cress
1932–1943
Ruby F Cress
1935–1994
Celia Christine Cress
1939–2001

Sources (13)

  • Eureka B Cress, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Eureca B Cress, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Eureca Cress, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Kress .

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

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