Brief Life History of Nettie Virginia
When Nettie Virginia Blair was born on 1 November 1895, in Montgomery, Grant, Louisiana, United States, her father, John Dawson Blair, was 33 and her mother, Cidy Cornelia Futrell, was 25. She married Thomas Edward Howell on 16 October 1913, in Grant, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Ward Seven, Grant, Louisiana, United States in 1920 and Ward Four, Franklin, Louisiana, United States in 1930. She died on 29 December 1924, in Montgomery, Grant, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Wheeling, Winn, Louisiana, United States.
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Sources (15)
- Jinnie Blare, "United States Census, 1910"
- Nettie Virginia Howell, "Louisiana Deaths Index, 1850-1875, 1894-1956"
- Nettie V Howell in entry for Frederick Franklin Howell, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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.
1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places in Scotland called Blair, named with Scottish Gaelic blàr (genitive blàir) ‘plain, field’, especially a battlefield (Irish blár). There were families of this name in the Middle Ages taking their names from any of the places called Blair in Dysart parish Fife, Dalry parish Ayrshire, and Blairgowrie in Perthshire.
Americanized form of French Belair and Blais .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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