Brief Life History of Thomas Edward
When Thomas Edward Vann was born on 9 January 1898, in Georgia, United States, his father, James Thomas Vann, was 28 and his mother, Scellie Larave Duren, was 20. He married Magdalene Margaret Eubanks on 28 December 1917, in Thomas, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, United States for about 35 years and Quitman, Brooks, Georgia, United States in 1940. He died on 7 December 1955, in Thomas, Georgia, United States, at the age of 57, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Thomasville, Thomas, Georgia, United States.
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- Edward T Vann, "United States Census, 1920"
- Edward Vann, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Thomas Edward Vann, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
English (Leicestershire and Warwickshire):
topographic name for someone who lived by a fen or marsh, from Middle English fan(ne), a dialect variant in southeastern England of fen(ne) ‘marsh, fen’ (see also Fenn ). The surname may also be topographic, for someone who lived in a marshy place or from a place so named, such as Vann in Hambledon (Surrey), and Vann in Ockley (Surrey).
perhaps a nickname from Middle English fan(ne), vanne ‘basket or fan for winnowing’, for someone who made or used such a utensil.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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