Brief Life History of Nancy Charity
When Nancy Charity Weaver was born in April 1872, in Washington, Alabama, United States, her father, Joseph Weaver, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Wilkerson, was 34. She married Jacob Magee Lewis in 1890, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 11 Sims Chapel, Washington, Alabama, United States in 1910 and Sims Chapel, Washington, Alabama, United States in 1930. She died on 5 March 1950, in Citronelle, Mobile, Alabama, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Charity Chapel Cemetery, Washington, Alabama, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (11)
- Nancy Lewis in household of Jacob M Lewis, "United States Census, 1930"
- Nancy Charity Weaver Lewis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Nancy Charty in entry for Eveyline Lewis, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
Spouse and Children
1867–1938 Male
1872–1950 Female
Children (9)
1885–1968 Male
1889– Female
1892–1981 Male
1893–1923 Male
1897–1947 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1830–1903 Male
1837–1917 Female
Siblings (14)
1857–1933 Male
1859–1937 Male
1861–1941 Female
1864–1958 Female
1867–1932 Male
+9 More Children
World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1879
Age 7
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).
English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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