Brief Life History of Priscilla Arvilla
When Priscilla Arvilla Grose was born on 12 August 1877, in Wyoming, West Virginia, United States, her father, Henry Harrison Grose, was 38 and her mother, Barbara Belcher, was 37. She married John Quincy Adams Workman on 21 November 1896, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Falling Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years and Falling Spring District, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 21 December 1957, in Delta, York, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Delta, York, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Pricilla Workman in household of John Workman, "United States Census, 1940"
- West Virginia, Births Index, 1853-1969
- Pricilla Grose, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
Cornish: topographic name for someone who lived near a stone cross set up by the roadside or in a marketplace, Cornish crous (from Latin crux, crucis). Compare Cross .
English (of Norman origin): variant of Gross .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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