Grace Edna Flowers

Brief Life History of Grace Edna

When Grace Edna Flowers was born on 27 October 1885, in White Hall, Greene, Illinois, United States, her father, John William Flowers, was 30 and her mother, Laura Ann Kesinger, was 26. She married Robert Rufus Rexroat on 14 August 1901, in Jersey, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Bloomington, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1910 and Mount Hope Township, McLean, Illinois, United States in 1920. She died in 1957, in Wrights, Greene, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Wrights Township, Greene, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Rufus Rexroat
1879–1920
Grace Edna Flowers
1885–1957
Marriage: 14 August 1901
Elmer Leslie Rexroat
1905–1948
Ada Rexroat
1908–

Sources (11)

  • Grace Johnson in household of Elmer Johnson, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Gracie Edna Flowers, "Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940"
  • Grace E. Flowers, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1934"

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World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1892 · The Chicago Canal

The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

Name Meaning

English: from Flower , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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