Brief Life History of Roy William
When Roy William Weems was born on 14 June 1886, in Jewell, Kansas, United States, his father, William Alexander Weems, was 38 and his mother, Margaret Anne White, was 36. He married Carrie Viola Pinkley on 14 September 1912, in Carroll, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Winona Township, Carroll, Arkansas, United States in 1900 and Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, United States in 1920. He died in 1924, in Colorado, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Delta Cemetery, Delta, Delta, Colorado, United States.
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- Roy W Weems in household of Cleo Earnest Weems, "United States Census, 1920"
- W R Weems, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
- William Roy Weams, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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1890
Idaho is the 43rd state.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
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
Scottish: variant of Wemyss , reflecting the usual pronunciation of that name.
History: David Weems (Wemyss) emigrated from Scotland to Herring Bay, Anne Arundel County, MD, some time before 1722. Mason Locke Weems, born near Herring Bay in 1759, was a clergyman who wrote a biography of George Washington, in which the first account of the cherry-tree story appeared.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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