Brief Life History of Lula E
When Lula E Farthing was born on 29 August 1901, in Watauga, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Elmore Farthing, was 20 and her mother, Ida Polly Harmon, was 21. She married Jessie Alvin Combs on 29 September 1935, in Watauga Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Beaverdam Township, Watauga, North Carolina, United States for about 40 years. She died on 4 May 1994, in Boone, Watauga, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Watauga, North Carolina, United States.
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- Lula Combs in household of Jessie Combs, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lula E Farthing - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Lula E Farthing
- Lula Farthing, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English:
from the Middle English personal name Farthein, Farthing, Ferthing (Old Norse Farthegn, late Old English Færthegn), composed of the elements far ‘ship, passage’ + thegn ‘warrior, nobleman, or retainer’.
habitational name from a place called in Middle English with ferthing (Old English fēorthing ‘fourth part, quarter’). Until 1960, when it was withdrawn, this was the name of the smallest British coin, worth one quarter of a penny. The same word was also used to denote a measure of land, normally one quarter of a virgate or other larger unit. The term is frequent in minor placenames in Sussex and is also found in Somerset and Devon.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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