Ida Lillian Dowdy

Brief Life History of Ida Lillian

When Ida Lillian Dowdy was born on 3 August 1903, in Alabama, United States, her father, Samuel Columbus Dowdy, was 44 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Shelby, was 36. She married Fred Grady Jeffers on 15 December 1923, in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Saint Florian, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 August 1978, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Fred Grady Jeffers
1902–1930
Ida Lillian Dowdy
1903–1978
Marriage: 15 December 1923
Thelma Alene Jeffers
1924–2013
Fred Grady Jeffers Jr.
1926–2013

Sources (14)

  • Ida L Wallace, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Ida Lillian Jeffers - Published information: birth-name: Ida Lillian Jeffers
  • Ida Lillian Dowdy, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-2019"

World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

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

Irish: variant of Doody . Compare Dowd .

English: nickname from early modern English dowdy ‘shabby, unattractive’. Compare Dowd .

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

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