Born: 6 December 1905, United States
Died: 1 September 1998
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Eva Cora Perrin
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Eva C. McNally
Yosemite National Park, Park Ranger 1926-1927
• Born Eva Cora Perrin on December 6, 1905 in Lodi, North Dakota.
• Lived in Meadow, North Dakota with her family until at least 1920.
• Moved to California c. 1920 and spent some time in Oakland.
• Before her marriage, worked at the Owl Drug Company in Stockton, CA.
• Married Charles A. McNally on August 25, 1925 in San Mateo, CA.
• Hired as a temporary park ranger at Yosemite National Park during the summers of 1926 and 1927, working with Charles, also a temporary ranger, at the Tuolumne Meadows and Aspen Valley checking stations.
• Duties included registering cars, collection entrance fees, sealing guns, and responding to emergencies.
• 1926 newspaper article about the couple was titled “He’s a Ranger and So Is She.”
• Lived in Stockton, CA until 1930 and then moved to Fresno, CA.
• Daughter June Marie was born c. 1930.
• In 1930s-1940s, was a housewife, saleswoman, and clerk.
• Died September 1, 1998 in Fresno.
• Buried in Louisville, KY.