Brief Life History of Willie Mae
When Willie Mae Ford was born on 5 June 1908, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, her father, Daniel Franklin Ford, was 30 and her mother, Lucy Mahulda Cox, was 20. She married John Thomas McCool on 12 September 1933. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She lived in Lamar, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 3, Lamar, Texas, United States in 1940. She died in July 1989, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States.
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- Willie M McCool, "United States 1950 Census"
- Willie Mae Ford McCool, "Find A Grave Index"
- Willie Ford Mccool in entry for John Dee Ford Mccool, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a ford (Middle English, Old English ford), or a habitational name from one of the many places called with this word, such as Ford (Durham, Herefordshire, Northumberland, Shropshire, Sussex), Ford in Sefton (Lancashire), Ford in Crediton and Ford in Holcombe Rogus (both Devon), Ford in Litton and Ford in Wiveliscombe (both Somerset).
Irish: Anglicized form (quasi-translation) of various Gaelic names, for example MacGiolla na Naomh ‘son of Gilla na Naomh’ (a personal name meaning ‘servant of the saints’), Mac Conshámha ‘son of Conshnámha’ (a personal name composed of the elements con ‘dog’ + snámh ‘to swim’), in all of which the final syllable was wrongly thought to be áth ‘ford’, and Ó Fuar(th)áin (see Foran ).
Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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