Brief Life History of Jerry Easias
When Jerry Easias Graves was born on 1 May 1903, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States, his father, John William GRAVES, was 45 and his mother, Lucy Ann Brandon, was 32. He married Medora Wright on 24 July 1920, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 March 1980, in Atlantic City, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery And Chapel Mausoleum, Mays Landing, Hamilton Township, Atlantic, New Jersey, United States.
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- Jerry Graves, "United States Census, 1940"
- Jerry Graves, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- J W or Jerry Graves, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1911
The Standard Oil Company had reached a point of almost complete monopoly, managing over 90% of oil flows in the United States. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was a large, integrated association that produced, transported, refined, and marketed the product. In 1911, the Supreme Court declared that the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act. As a result, it was split into 34 smaller companies.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .
Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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