Thomas Lindsay Weaver

Brief Life History of Thomas Lindsay

When Thomas Lindsay Weaver was born on 20 June 1850, in Weaver, Calhoun, Alabama, United States, his father, Rev. Sidney Lindsay Weaver, was 41 and his mother, Lucinda Pace, was 33. He married Carrie Amanda Moon on 13 December 1877, in Lineville, Clay, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Hill, Texas, United States in 1910 and Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, United States in 1920. He died on 11 January 1924, in Weaver, Calhoun, Alabama, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Lindsay Weaver
1850–1924
Carrie Amanda Moon
1859–1921
Marriage: 13 December 1877
Sarah Lucinda Weaver
1878–1960
Allen Lindsey Weaver
1880–1960
Frank Edwin Weaver
1882–1911
Kelly Virgil Weaver
1883–1957
Carl Weaver
1885–1962
Truit Weaver
1888–1983
David Weaver
1890–1948
Annie O. Weaver
1892–1988
Cecil Weaver
1894–1976
Kathleen Weaver
1896–1986
Carolyn Weaver
1905–1989

Sources (19)

  • T L Weaver, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Thomas L. Weaver, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Thomas Lindsay Weaver, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1853

Historical Boundaries: 1853: Hill, Texas, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union

Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

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

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