Brief Life History of Louisa J
When Louisa J Atkins was born on 7 February 1884, in Ivanhoe, Wythe, Virginia, United States, her father, Walter Scott Atkins, was 33 and her mother, Sarah Virginia Painter, was 30. She married Floyd Sanders Allen on 25 June 1902, in Wytheville, Wythe, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Porters Crossroads, Wythe, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Lipps, Wise, Virginia, United States in 1920.
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- Louisa J Atkins in household of Walter L Atkins, "United States Census, 1900"
- L. J. Atkins, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Louise Allen in entry for Cecil Gibson, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Atkin (a pet form of Adam) with genitival -s, or a variant of Atkin , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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