Alma Crowley

Brief Life History of Alma

When Alma Crowley was born on 25 July 1883, in Webster, Kentucky, United States, her father, Henry Basset Crowley, was 32 and her mother, Mary Ellen Allen, was 27. She married Edward Overfield on 19 August 1901, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 16 July 1946, in Henderson, Henderson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Poole, Webster, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Overfield
1878–1954
Alma Crowley
1883–1946
Marriage: 19 August 1901
Wanda Hazel Overfield
1904–1986
John Jackson Overfield
1906–1980

Sources (15)

  • Alma Overfield in household of Edward Overfield, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Alma Crowley, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Alma Crowley Overfield, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Brendan, Brennan, Kieran, Aileen, Assumpta, Bridie, Declan, Donovan, Kaitlin, Kevin Patrick, Maeve, Patrick Joseph.

Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Cruadhlaoich ‘descendant of Cruadhlaoch’, a personal name composed of the elements cruadh ‘hardy’ + laoch ‘hero’. There has been some confusion with Crawley .

English: variant of Crawley .

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

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