Doris Rae Luton

Brief Life History of Doris Rae

When Doris Rae Luton was born on 8 March 1919, in Creek, Warren, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Anderson Luton, was 51 and her mother, Mary Eliza Morris, was 43. She married John Wesley Morgan on 23 December 1939, in Camden, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Nixonton, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 April 2006, in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Elizabeth City, Pasquotank, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Morgan
1911–1974
Doris Rae Luton
1919–2006
Marriage: 23 December 1939
Phyllis Anne Morgan
1944–1944

Sources (26)

  • Paris R Luten in household of John A Luten, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Doris L Morgan, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Doris R Luten, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

1920 · Women Get the Vote

In 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified making it so that women could vote. This achievement finally gave North Carolina the freedom to vote they had been fighting for since 1897.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name, chiefly from Litton in Somerset, and occasionally from Luton in Bishopsteignton, Devon.

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

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