Brief Life History of Persis Hilton
When Persis Hilton Fulford was born on 23 May 1914, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, her father, Joseph Walton Fulford, was 34 and her mother, Mary Persis Holman, was 35. She married Revilo Albert Bowen on 11 August 1932. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Election Precinct 10 Fairhope and Zundels, Baldwin, Alabama, United States in 1940 and Fairhope, Washington, Alabama, United States in 1981. She died on 22 March 2003, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Stapleton, Baldwin, Alabama, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (15)
- Persis Bowen, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Persis Hilton Fulford - Memory of Someone: birth: 23 May 1914; Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States
- Persis H Bowen, "United States Social Security Death Index"
Spouse and Children
1907–1981 Male
1914–2003 Female
Children (2)
1933–1998 Male
1939–2019 Male
Parents and Siblings
1879–1949 Male
1878–1940 Female
Siblings (3)
1910–1910 Female
1914–2003 Female
1917–1999 Female
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 2
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
Age 8
1941
Age 27
Name Meaning
English:
habitational name from one or more of the numerous places so named in Devon, such as Fulford in Tiverton, Great Fulford in Dunsford, Fullaford in High Bray, Fulford Bridge in Shebbear, Fullaford in Sampford Courtenay, and Fullaford in Buckfastleigh.
habitational name from one or more of the various places so called elsewhere in England, such as Fulford (Staffordshire), Fulford in Kingston Saint Mary (Somerset), Gate Fulford and Water Fulford (both East Yorkshire), Fulfords Farm in Itchingfield (Sussex), and Fulforth in Witton Gilbert (Durham). All places in 1 above and 2 are named from Old English fūl ‘dirty, muddy’ + ford ‘ford’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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