Lacy Ann Norwood

Brief Life History of Lacy Ann

When Lacy Ann Norwood was born in 1856, in Geneva, Alabama, United States, her father, John Norwood, was 44 and her mother, Mary Thompson, was 38. She married John Thomas Thames in 1873, in Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Election Precinct 1 Oldtown, Coffee, Alabama, United States in 1860 and Election Precinct 7 Peacock, Coffee, Alabama, United States in 1880. She died in 1883, in Coffee, Alabama, United States, at the age of 27, and was buried in First Evergreen City Cemetery, Conecuh, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Thomas Thames
1853–1925
Lacy Ann Norwood
1856–1883
Marriage: 1873
Callie Thames
1874–1944
Mary Delilah Thames
1874–1952
Self Maroni Thames
1875–1887
Lulu Anna Thames
1875–1951
Alabama "Bama" Thames
1879–1947
William Franklin Thames
1881–1994

Sources (5)

  • Lacy Ann Thames in household of J T Thames, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lacy Ann Norwood Thames, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Norwood in entry for Anna Harrison, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1857

Oldest grave seen in the memorials list

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Northwood or Norwood, such as Northwood in Essex, Middlesex, Isle of Wight, Norwood in Middlesex and Surrey, or Northwood Farm in Okehampton and Northwood Farm in Morchard Bishop, both in Devon. The placenames mean ‘north or northern wood’, from Old English north ‘north, northern’ + wudu ‘wood’ or Middle English north + wode. Compare Norrod .

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

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