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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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
1918–1985 Male
1914–1947 Female
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 2
1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting
Age 8
1927
Age 13
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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