Mary Frances Weedin

Female16 July 1899–8 January 1979

Brief Life History of Mary Frances

When Mary Frances Weedin was born on 16 July 1899, in Kerens, Navarro, Texas, United States, her father, James Franklin Weedin, was 53 and her mother, Stella Smith, was 33. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Navarro, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 3, Midland, Texas, United States in 1910. She died on 8 January 1979, in Corsicana, Navarro, Texas, United States, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

James Franklin Weedin
1846–1917
Stella Smith
1866–1942
Mary Frances Weedin
1899–1979
James Franklin Weedin
1902–1994
John Daniel Weedin
1905–1964

Sources (10)

  • Mary Francis Weeden in household of Stella Weeden, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Frances Weedin, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Mary Weedin, "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000"

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Siblings (3)

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 1

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

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

Age 2

"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""."

1920

Age 21

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English (Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire): habitational name from Weedon in Buckinghamshire or Weedon Beck and Weedon Lois in Northamptonshire, all of which are named in Old English with wīg, wēoh ‘idol, shrine, (pre-Christian) temple’ + dūn ‘hill’.

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

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