Brief Life History of Rosa Adeline
When Rosa Adeline Clemmons was born on 24 November 1889, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Clemmons, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Jane McMurtrey, was 41. She married Henry Clyde McMurtrey on 3 January 1912, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Election Precinct 5 Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1900 and Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1910. She died on 30 April 1981, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States.
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- Rosa A Clemmons in household of James H Clemmons, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Rosa Adeline Clemmons - Church record: Cemetery record or headstone: birth: 24 November 1889; Lauderdale, Alabama, United States
- Rosa Clemons, "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
Name Meaning
Probably an altered form of Clemons , Clemans , Clemence , or any of the other like-sounding surnames derived from the personal name Clement in various European languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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