Brief Life History of Floretta Elzada
When Floretta Elzada Cherry was born on 10 February 1880, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Cary Stewart "Bud" Cherry, was 42 and her mother, Marenda Alma Hestand, was 40. She married William Onzalo Spivey on 6 November 1898, in Clay, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 1, Clay, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Clay, Tennessee, United States in 1950. She died on 1 July 1952, at the age of 72, and was buried in Pitcock Cemetery, Clay, Tennessee, United States.
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- Floretta Spivey, "United States 1950 Census"
- Florida Spivey for Bijah Spivey, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Floretta Spivey for William Onzy Spivey, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: from Middle English chirie, cherye ‘cherry’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a grower or seller of cherries, or possibly a nickname for someone with rosy cheeks.
Probably in some cases a translation name of German Kirsch .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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