Samuel Emmitt James

Brief Life History of Samuel Emmitt

When Samuel Emmitt James was born on 31 January 1904, in Milano, Milam, Texas, United States, his father, Samuel E. James, was 28 and his mother, Josephine Tumey, was 26. He married Annie Josephine Hoelscher on 13 July 1935, in Williamson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Justice Precinct 4, Bell, Texas, United States for about 5 years and Falls, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 14 May 1974, in Temple, Bell, Texas, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Woodland Cemetery, Rosebud, Falls, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Emmitt James
1904–1974
Annie Josephine Hoelscher
1906–2003
Marriage: 13 July 1935
Patrick Lee James
1942–1961

Sources (17)

  • Emmitt James, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
  • Emmitt James, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"

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World Events (8)

1905 · Construction of the Praetorian Building

Texas completed the construction of the Praetorian Building (Stone Plane Tower) in 1909. It was the first skyscraper in Texas and the Southwestern United States. The building had 15 stories and was 190 ft tall.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .

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

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