Brief Life History of Nettie May
When Nettie May Jones was born on 8 April 1877, in Ocean, New Jersey, United States, her father, Ebenezer Furman Jones, was 27 and her mother, Catherine E. Falkinburg, was 23. She married Elias Burr Clayton on 13 March 1897, in New Jersey, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1905 and Brielle Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States in 1930. She died on 14 March 1963, in Bradley Beach Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Atlantic View Cemetery, Manasquan Borough, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States.
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- Nettie M Clayton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Nettie M. Jones, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1678-1985"
- Nettie M Clayton in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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1879
Thomas Edison had been seeking to create a more practical and affordable version of the lightbulb, primarily for home use. Edison had attempted several different materials, including platinum and other metals, before ultimately deciding on a carbon filament. On October 21, 1879, Edison finally carried out the first successful test of this new light bulb in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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