Brief Life History of Viola A.
When Viola A. Jewell was born on 22 January 1903, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Lloyd James JEWELL, was 26 and her mother, Mammie Marie Williamson, was 18. She married Walter Lee Overbey on 12 April 1921, in Montgomery, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Dawson Springs, Hopkins, Kentucky, United States in 1930 and Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States in 1950. She died on 2 March 1999, in Christian, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 96, and was buried in Hopkinsville, Christian, Kentucky, United States.
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- Viola Overby, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Viola A. Jewell - Cemetery record or headstone: birth-name: Viola A. Jewell
- Viola Jewell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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1904
St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1904 · The Black Patch War
From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English (Devon and Cornwall): from an Old Breton personal name, Iudhael, composed of elements meaning ‘lord’ + ‘generous, bountiful’ (see Jewkes ), which was borne by a 7th-century Christian saint, a king of Brittany who abdicated and spent the last part of his life in a monastery. Forms of this name are found in medieval records not only in Devon and Cornwall, where they are of native origin, but also in East Anglia and even Yorkshire, where they were imported by Bretons after the Norman Conquest. The name was seemingly reintroduced from France in the 17th century by Huguenots.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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