Bettie Florence Lance

Brief Life History of Bettie Florence

When Bettie Florence Lance was born on 10 March 1898, in Frost, Navarro, Texas, United States, her father, Edward Palmer Lance, was 35 and her mother, Frances Alline Justice, was 31. She married Ernest Way Hyer on 21 November 1913, in Navarro, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Dobbin, Montgomery, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 2, Harris, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 29 December 1953, in Velasco, Freeport, Brazoria, Texas, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in West Columbia, Brazoria, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ernest Way Hyer
1888–1963
Bettie Florence Lance
1898–1953
Marriage: 21 November 1913
Nelda Oneta Hyer
1915–1999
Ernest Way Hyer Jr
1919–2012

Sources (23)

  • Betty F Harris, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Bettie Florance Lane, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Bettie Florence Harris, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English: from the ancient Germanic personal name Lanzo, originally a short form of various compound names with the first element land ‘land, territory’ (for example, Lambert ), but later used as an independent name. It was introduced to England by the Normans, for whom it was a popular name among the ruling classes, perhaps partly because of association with Old French lance ‘lance, spear’ (see 2 below).

French: metonymic occupational name for a soldier who carried a lance, or a nickname for a skilled fighter, from Old French lance ‘lance, spear’.

Americanized form of German Lanz and Lenz .

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

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