Brief Life History of Florence
When Florence Poole was born on 27 October 1901, in Hancock, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert V. Poole, was 40 and her mother, Jane Phillips, was 34. She married Thomas Roland McManaway on 16 June 1920, in Hancock, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Patesville, Hancock, Kentucky, United States in 1950 and Fordsville, Ohio, Kentucky, United States in 1962. She died on 25 December 1981, at the age of 80, and was buried in Fordsville, Ohio, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Florence Mc Mamamay, "United States Census, 1930"
- Florence Mcmanway, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Florence McManaway, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
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.
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pol(e), polle, poul(e) ‘pool, pond’ (Old English pōl). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by a pool, or habitative, from a place so named.
English: variant of Paul .
Possibly an Americanized form of German Puhl or Pfuhl(e) (see Pool 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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