Brief Life History of Needom Aviour
When Needom Aviour Palmer was born on 12 September 1904, in Mitchell, Georgia, United States, his father, Neadom Lee Palmer, was 44 and his mother, Lucy Cora Ott, was 22. He lived in Pelham, Mitchell, Georgia, United States for about 10 years and District 1194, Mitchell, Georgia, United States in 1940. He died on 20 August 1971, in Camilla, Mitchell, Georgia, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Cairo, Thomas, Georgia, United States.
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- Aviour Palmer, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Avery Palmer - birth: about 1904; Georgia, United States
- Needom Aviour Palmer, "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
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.
1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote
The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English palmer(e) ‘palmer, pilgrim to the Holy Land’ (Anglo-Norman French palmer, Old French pa(l)mer, paum(i)er), so called from the palm branch carried by such pilgrims. The term was also used to denote an itinerant monk who traveled from shrine to shrine under a vow of poverty. This surname is also common in Ireland, where it has been recorded from the 13th century onward.
Irish: when not of English origin (see 1 above), a surname adopted for Gaelic Ó Maolfhoghmhair (see Milford ), the name of an ecclesiastical family.
Swedish (mainly Palmér): ornamental name formed with palm ‘palm tree’ + the suffix -ér (a derivative of Latin -erius) or -er (from German).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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