Brief Life History of Frances Priscilla
When Frances Priscilla PIERCE was born on 5 April 1910, in Union, Tennessee, United States, her father, Joshua Little Pierce, was 42 and her mother, Mary Isebell Pierce, was 36. She married Calday Wyrick on 11 November 1926, in Union, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Union, Union, Tennessee, United States in 1950. She died on 14 February 1981, in Knoxville, Knox, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Union, Tennessee, United States.
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- Francie P Wyrick, "United States 1950 Census"
- Pierce, "Tennessee, Birth Records (ER Series), 1908-1912"
- Francey Pierce, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English, Welsh, and Irish: from the Anglo-Norman French and Middle English personal name Piers, Peres, Peris, an Old French nominative of Pierre or Per, the French form of Peter . Pierce is especially frequent in northwestern Wales and Lancashire, while Pearce is the more common spelling in the rest of England. In Ireland Pierce and Pearse represent a shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Piarais ‘son of Piaras’, a Gaelicized form of Piers.
Americanized form of some similar-sounding Jewish surname.
History: Franklin Pierce (1804–69), 14th president of the US, was born in Hillsborough, NH, on the New England frontier. His English ancestor Thomas Pierce emigrated to Charlestown, MA, in 1633/34.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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