Eva Maxine Ward

Female26 January 1914–27 January 1947

Brief Life History of Eva Maxine

Eva Maxine Ward was born on 26 January 1914. She married Joseph Mark Adair on 9 October 1937, in Scott, Arkansas, United States. She died on 27 January 1947, at the age of 33, and was buried in Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States.

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Joseph Mark Adair
1918–1985
Eva Maxine Ward
1914–1947
Marriage: 9 October 1937

Sources (2)

  • Eva Maxine Adair, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Hartford Memorial Cemetery. Hartford, Sebastian, Arkansas, United States. Headstone photo for Eva Maxine

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    9 October 1937Scott, Arkansas, United States
  • World Events (8)

    1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

    Age 2

    Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

    1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting

    Age 8

    In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.

    1927

    Age 13

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).

    English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.

    Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.

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

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