William Ann Norville

Brief Life History of William Ann

When William Ann Norville was born on 28 February 1868, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States, her father, Hardy Norville, was 45 and her mother, William Ann Wilkins, was 44. She married Charles David Womble on 3 February 1895, in Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Cokey Township, Edgecombe, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 7 April 1955, in Durham, Durham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Family Cemetery, Plymouth, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles David Womble
1867–1943
William Ann Norville
1868–1955
Marriage: 3 February 1895
Mary Emily Womble
1895–1918
Charles William Thomas Womble
1903–1982

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  • Willie A Wombles in household of Charles D Wombles, "United States Census, 1920"
  • North Carolina, Edgecombe County, birth records; ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSHV-3XNW?cc=2848682&personaUrl=%2F
  • Willie A Norville, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English (Somerset, of Norman origin): shortened form of the Norman habitational name Normanville, from Normanville, Seine-Maritime, or Normanville, Eure, both in France.

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

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