Brief Life History of Floyd Washington
When Floyd Washington Lane was born on 23 April 1883, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, Jesse Farley Lane, was 43 and his mother, Eliza E Shoemaker, was 24. He married Mary Jane Thompson on 13 January 1902, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He lived in Taylor District, Scott, Virginia, United States for about 40 years. He died on 24 September 1964, in Kingsport, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Morrison Church, Davidson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Floyd Lane, "United States 1950 Census"
- Floyd Lane, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Floyd Lane, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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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.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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