Florence McDaniels

Brief Life History of Florence

When Florence McDaniels was born on 25 March 1896, in Crittenden, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert Jones McDaniel, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Holland, was 37. She married Claude Grimes on 7 October 1912, in Marion, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Magisterial District 4 Union, Crittenden, Kentucky, United States in 1920 and Salem, Livingston, Kentucky, United States in 1930. She died on 29 December 1932, in Crittenden, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Crittenden, Grant, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Claude Grimes
1891–1959
Florence McDaniels
1896–1932
Marriage: 7 October 1912
Rudell Grimes
1913–1998
Virginia Grimes
1915–2000
Dorothy Burnis Malcom
1922–1995
Billy Bruce Grimes
1929–1966

Sources (20)

  • Florence McDaniel, "Kentucky, Livingston County, Colored School Censuses, 1898-1913"
  • Florence Mcdaniels, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
  • Florense Lola Grimes, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Governor Shot

On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of McDaniel , with English excrescent -s.

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

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