Carrie Frances Poor

Brief Life History of Carrie Frances

When Carrie Frances Poor was born on 15 August 1873, in Salt River Township, Knox, Missouri, United States, her father, Columbus Marshall Poor, was 30 and her mother, Rachael Fannie Bright, was 35. She married James Arthur Kimbley on 4 February 1894, in Knox, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Novelty, Knox, Missouri, United States in 1930. She died on 7 August 1964, in Edina, Knox, Missouri, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Novelty Cemetery, Novelty, Knox, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Arthur Kimbley
1871–1947
Carrie Frances Poor
1873–1964
Marriage: 4 February 1894
Maud Elena Kimbley
1895–1964
Leta Mary Kimbley
1896–1971
Florence Ione Kimbley
1899–1918

Sources (18)

  • Carrie Kimbley in household of Arthur Kimbley, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mrs Carrie F Kimbley, "Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, ca. 1959-1981"
  • Carrie F Poor in entry for James F Kimbley, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877 · The First Workers Strike

The country was in great economic distress in mid-1877, which caused many workers of the Railroad to come together and began the first national strike in the United States. Crowds gathered in Chicago in extreme number to be a part of the strike which was later named the Great Railroad Strike. Shortly after the strike began, the battle was fought between the authorities and many of the strikers. The conflict escalated to violence and quickly each side turned bloody.

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.

Name Meaning

English (southeastern): variant of Power . Compare Poer .

Hungarian (Poór): status name from pór ‘peasant, lower class’. Compare Por 2.

Iranian: variant of Pour .

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

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