Alma Virginia Lilly

Brief Life History of Alma Virginia

When Alma Virginia Lilly was born on 2 February 1908, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, her father, Zachariah Lilly, was 31 and her mother, Florence Cooper Cole, was 26. She married George Robert Turner on 26 May 1927, in Union, Oregon, United States. She lived in Sunnyside, Yakima, Washington, United States in 1930 and Kennewick Election Precinct, Benton, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 12 June 1983, at the age of 75, and was buried in Union, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Robert Turner
1905–1989
Alma Virginia Lilly
1908–1983
Marriage: 26 May 1927

Sources (11)

  • Alma Lilly in household of Yacharia Lilly, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Alma Virginia Lilly - Individual or family possessions: birth: 2 February 1908; La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States
  • Alma Virginia Lilly, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"

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World Events (8)

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1910 · Women Gain the Right to Vote in Washington

On November 8, 1910, Washington became the first state to allow women to vote. This event would lead to the long battle by women in all the states to fight for the right to vote. This would happen 10 years later.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English female personal name Lylie, probably from the name of the flower, Middle English lilie, lelie ‘lily’.

English: habitational name from Lelley in East Yorkshire or Lilley in Hertfordshire. The Yorkshire placename probably derives from Old English lǣl ‘twig, brushwood’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English līn ‘flax’ + lēah.

Irish: Anglicized shortened form of Allely .

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

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