Brief Life History of Martha Melvina
When Martha Melvina Fair was born on 16 January 1857, in Murphy, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, her father, Price Fair, was 32 and her mother, Elvira Rogers, was 32. She married Gather Burgess Lovingood on 24 January 1874, in Cherokee, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in North Carolina, United States in 1870. She died on 27 January 1939, in Andrews, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Murphy Township, Cherokee, North Carolina, United States.
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Sources (48)
- Vinie Lovingood in household of Gather B Lovingood, "United States Census, 1930"
- Vina Lovingood in entry for W O Lovingood and Braske McClure, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Melvina Fair in entry for Dovie R Crus, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
Spouse and Children
1857–1946 Male
1857–1939 Female
Children (10)
1874–1923 Female
1878–1954 Female
1879–1967 Female
1881–1968 Female
1883–1958 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1825–1880 Male
1824–1916 Female
Siblings (9)
1844– Male
1846–1965 Male
1849– Male
1850– Female
1851–1935 Male
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World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Roanoke Island
Age 5
1863
Age 6
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: nickname meaning ‘handsome, beautiful, fair’, Middle English fair, fayr, Old English fæger. The word was also occasionally used as a personal name in Middle English, applied to both men and women.
Irish: translation into English of Gaelic fionn ‘fair’, which Woulfe describes as a ‘descriptive epithet that supplanted the real surname’, or a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac F(h)inn, a variant of Mag Fhinn (see McGinn ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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