Brief Life History of Lurlie Lou
When Lurlie Lou Pearce was born on 27 December 1889, in Villa Rica, Carroll, Georgia, United States, her father, David Franklin Pearce, was 32 and her mother, Susan Delano Almon, was 31. She married George Griffen Murrah on 24 October 1912, in Fulton, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Richland, Stewart, Georgia, United States in 1930 and District 727, Stewart, Georgia, United States in 1940. She died on 1 January 1991, in Stewart, Georgia, United States, at the age of 101.
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- Lurlie Murrah in household of George G Murrah, "United States Census, 1940"
- L L Pearce, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Mrs G Murrah in entry for Mrs Susan Delano Almon Pearce, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
Welsh, English, and Irish: variant of Pierce .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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