Anna W. Fore

Brief Life History of Anna W.

When Anna W. Fore was born in 1865, in DeWitt, Texas, United States, her father, Daniel Wofford Fore, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Jane Duran, was 31. She married John Locke Rutledge on 18 August 1886, in Gonzales Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 2, San Saba, Texas, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

John Locke Rutledge
1841–1897
Anna W. Fore
1865–
Marriage: 18 August 1886
Lucia May Rutledge
1888–1940

Sources (6)

  • Anna Fore in household of Dan W Fore, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Annie W Fore, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Anna Fore in entry for Lucia May Gordon, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · Juneteenth (Slaves Were Freed)

"On June 19, 1865, Gordon Granger (Union Major) read General Orders, No. 3 to the people of Galveston. The statement was written as follows: ""The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free. This involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves, and the connection heretofore existing between them becomes that between employer and hired labor. The freedmen are advised to remain quietly at their present homes and work for wages. They are informed that they will not be allowed to collect at military posts and that they will not be supported in idleness either there or elsewhere."""

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

Americanized form of German Fahr or of its cognate Fohr (compare Fohrman ).

English: variant of Forrow, a topographic name from Middle English furgh, forgh, furow, forow ‘furrow; ploughed land; trench’ (Old English furh ‘furrow, narrow trench’).

Americanized form of French Faure ‘blacksmith’.

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

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