Velma Lamkin

Brief Life History of Velma

When Velma Lamkin was born on 2 October 1884, in Eagleville, Harrison, Missouri, United States, her father, Robert H Lamkin, was 28 and her mother, Catherine Kindred Harlow, was 35. She married Thomas McCoy Woods on 31 August 1908, in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910. She died on 16 April 1966, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Bel-Nor, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas McCoy Woods
1880–1961
Velma Lamkin
1884–1966
Marriage: 31 August 1908
Thomas McCoy Woods Jr
1912–2006
Dorothy Jean Woods
1914–
Lila Jane Woods
1921–1995
Sarah Patricia Woods
1925–1937

Sources (12)

  • Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Velmae Lawkin, "Kansas, Marriages, 1811-1911"
  • Velma Lamkin Woods, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1886

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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

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1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

English: from a pet form of Lamb 1.

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

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