Brief Life History of Velma
When Velma Crocker was born on 26 September 1901, in Thomaston, Marengo, Alabama, United States, her father, William Eugene Crocker, was 41 and her mother, Julia Hester Williams, was 46. She married Silas Henry Ricketts on 1 October 1922, in Dallas, Alabama, United States. She lived in Clifton, Wilcox, Alabama, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 3 Rehoboth, Wilcox, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 16 September 1985, in Thomaston, Marengo, Alabama, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Thomaston, Marengo, Alabama, United States.
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- Velma Crocker in household of James E Parker, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Velma Crocker - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Velma Crocker
- Velena Crocker, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
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 (southwestern): occupational name for a potter, from Middle English crockere, an agent derivative of Middle English crok(ke) ‘pot’ (Old English croc, croc(ca)).
English (of Norman origin): variant of Craker .
Americanized form of German Krocker .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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