Brief Life History of Ethel Mae
When Ethel Mae Mourer was born on 10 July 1896, in Adams Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States, her father, John Henry Mourer, was 37 and her mother, Rachel Weinhold, was 37. She married John William Girard on 22 March 1922, in Carroll, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Union Township, Benton, Indiana, United States in 1900. She died on 29 August 1981, at the age of 85, and was buried in Concord Cemetery, Whitley, Indiana, United States.
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- Ethel Mourer in household of John Mourer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Ethel M Mourer, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Ethel M. (Mourer) Girard (1896-1981); Find A Grave
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1906 · Gary, Indiana, Is Founded
The town of Gary, Indiana, was founded by the United States Steel Corporation in 1906. The Gary Works steel mill was the largest integrated mill in North America. The city of Gary was named after Elbert Henry Gary who was the founding chairman of the United States Steel Corporation and American lawyer and county judge. Gary partnered with J.P. Morgan, Andrew Carnegie, and Charles M. Schwab to found the United States Steel Corporation.
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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Maurer .
French (Lorraine): probably of German origin, an altered form Maurer or Murer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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