Brief Life History of Lota Barmer
When Lota Barmer Campbell was born on 20 September 1873, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, her father, George Barmer Campbell, was 36 and her mother, Mary Martha Queen Anderson, was 31. She married Samuel McKenney Renick on 10 August 1893, in Angelina, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 1, McLennan, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 16 December 1963, in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas, at the age of 90, and was buried in Waco, Milam, Republic of Texas.
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- Lota Renick, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lota Campbell, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Lota Campbell Renick, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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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.
1876 · Segregation Laws Are Passed
A new state constitution was passed in 1876, announcing the segregation of schools.
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
Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .
Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .
English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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