When Dora Ethel Oyler was born on 22 October 1896, in Franklin, Virginia, United States, her father, William Ammon Oyler, was 22 and her mother, Nannie Elizabeth Simmons, was 18. She married Fred Paul Scott on 22 March 1920, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Monroe Township, Carroll, Indiana, United States in 1920 and Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. She died on 18 February 1989, at the age of 92, and was buried in Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
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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.
On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.
By 1921, Tulsa was a booming city with a population of over one hundred thousand, with ten thousand African Americans in the Greenwood District. Crime rates in Tulsa soared and vigilantism was present. An incident occurred with Dick Rowland, an African American shoe shiner, and Sara Page, a white elevator operator. Reports claim Rowland stepped on Page’s foot and she let out a scream. The newspaper reported Rowland attempted to rape Page. Rowland was arrested and white vigilantes demanded the sheriff to hand over Rowland for lynching. An armed group of African American men went to the courthouse to aid in protecting Rowland from the mob. The group was turned away and a shot was fired between the white and African American groups, which ignited a riot. While buildings in Tulsa were burned, a major effort by whites focused mainly on the Greenwood District which was burned to the ground and many were shot. Over 30 people were killed and many were injured in the riots.
English (Kent): occupational name for an extractor or seller of oil, from Old French olier, huilier (from Latin oleum ‘(olive) oil’) ‘maker or seller of oil’ (i.e. vegetable oil, for lighting or cooking). In northern England linseed oil obtained from locally grown flax was more common than olive oil.
English: possibly a variant of Ollier, itself a variant of Hollier or derived from the Old French personal name Oillard (ancient Germanic Odilard, Oilard, from othil- ‘land, possession’ + hard- ‘hard, brave’).
Americanized form of German Euler . Compare Oiler .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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