Brief Life History of Roy Brown
When Roy Brown Farley was born on 2 October 1899, in Pollard, Clay, Arkansas, United States, his father, John Marion Farley, was 55 and his mother, Violet Elizabeth Webster, was 30. He married Eva Doris Sowards on 30 April 1927, in Superior, Pinal, Arizona, United States. He lived in Globe, Gila, Arizona, United States in 1910 and Superior, Pinal, Arizona, United States for about 10 years. He died on 5 May 1968, at the age of 68, and was buried in Superior, Pinal, Arizona, United States.
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- Roy Farley, "United States Census, 1930"
- Roy Farley, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"
- Roy Brown Farley, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
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1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of various places called Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Shropshire, and Sussex. From Old English fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh , Fairley , Fairlie .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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