Brief Life History of Lena Elmine
When Lena Elmine Pilkington was born on 20 April 1896, in Alabama, United States, her father, Franklin P. Pilkington, was 43 and her mother, Nancy Eugenia Palmer, was 37. She married Robert Franklin Tommie on 9 June 1917, in Calhoun, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Hollingsworth, Calhoun, Alabama, United States for about 10 years and Election Precinct 7 Hollingsworth, Calhoun, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 20 January 1945, in Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, United States.
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- Lena E Tommie, "United States Census, 1940"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lena Elmine "Minnie" Pilkington - Government record: Death record or certificate: birth-name: Lena Elmine "Minnie" Pilkington
- Elmira Pilkington, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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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.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
Name Meaning
English (northwestern): habitational name from a place in Lancashire. The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Pīleca or Pīloc + patronymic -ing + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The surname is established in Ireland, where its presence was first recorded in the early 15th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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