Roxie Liza Austin

Female29 October 1879–29 June 1956

Brief Life History of Roxie Liza

When Roxie Liza Austin was born on 29 October 1879, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, her father, Columbus Pugh Austin, was 31 and her mother, Margaret A Matilda Paulk, was 29. She married Robert Edward Paulk on 18 December 1895, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 10, Wayne, Tennessee, United States in 1900. She died on 29 June 1956, in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Florence Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Edward Paulk
1869–1906
Roxie Liza Austin
1879–1956
Marriage: 18 December 1895
Buna Ann Paulk
1896–1970
Jonathan Ray Paulk
1900–1902
Frances Paulk
1902–1903
Grace Paulk
1905–1984

Sources (11)

  • Roxie S Paulk, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Roxie L. Austin, "Alabama, Marriages, 1816-1957"
  • Roxie Liza Paulk, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    18 December 1895Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
  • Children (4)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 2

    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.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 3

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1900 · Gold for Cash!

    Age 21

    This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

    Name Meaning

    English, French, and German: from the personal name Austin, from Latin Augustinus, a derivative of Augustus (see Augustin ). This was an extremely common personal name in every part of Western Europe during the Middle Ages, owing its popularity chiefly to Saint Augustine of Hippo (354–430), whose influence on Christianity is generally considered to be second only to that of Saint Paul. Various religious orders came to be formed following rules named in his honor, including the ‘Austin canons’, established in the 11th century, and the ‘Austin friars’, a mendicant order dating from the 13th century. The popularity of the personal name in England was further increased by the fact that it was borne by Saint Augustine of Canterbury (died c. 605), an Italian Benedictine monk known as ‘the Apostle of the English’, who brought Christianity to southern England in 597 and founded the see of Canterbury.

    English: variant of Aspden , with which this surname became confused.

    History: This was the name of a merchant family that became established in eastern MA in the 17th century, notably in Charlestown. Richard Austin came from England and landed at Boston in 1638, and his son Anthony was clerk of Suffield, CT, in 1674. The surname is very common in England as well as America; this Richard Austin was only one of a number of bearers who brought it to North America. — In 1821 Stephen F. Austin (1793–1836), born in Austinville VA, founded the first Anglo colony in TX.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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