Brief Life History of Anna Lola
When Anna Lola Sherman was born on 12 February 1900, in Nolan, Texas, United States, her father, Frank Abner Sherman, was 18 and her mother, Bethania Catherine McKaughan, was 23. She married Samuel Fletcher Horlacher in January 1917, in Blackwell, Nolan, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Hall, Texas, United States in 1930 and Supervisorial District 2, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1940. She died on 11 July 1963, in Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Big Spring, Howard, Texas, United States.
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- Anna Sherman in household of F? A Sherman, "United States Census, 1910"
- Annie Lola Horlacher, "Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976"
- Annie Sherman in entry for Annie Mae Harlacher, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English (London): occupational name denoting someone who used shears to trim the surface of finished cloth and remove excessive nap, from Middle English sherman, shirman, sharman ‘shearman’.
Americanized form of North German Schürmann (see Schuermann ) and of German or Jewish (Ashkenazic) Schermann .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a tailor, from Yiddish sher ‘scissors’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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