Virgil Andrews

1900–1995 (Age 94)
Texas, United States

The Life of Virgil

When Virgil Andrews was born on 15 July 1900, in Texas, United States, his father, Turner McWillie Anders, was 28 and his mother, Minnie C Vaughan, was 22. He lived in Quitman, Wood, Texas, United States in 1910 and Justice Precinct 1, Wood, Texas, United States in 1920. He died on 20 March 1995, at the age of 94.

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Family Time Line

Virgil Andrews
1900–1995
Elzie
1902–1998

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  • Virgil Andrews

    Male1900–1995Male

  • Elzie

    Female1902–1998Female

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World Events (8)

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

Age 1

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

Age 1

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
1927

Age 27

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English: patronymic from the personal name Andrew . This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America this name has absorbed numerous cases of the various European cognates and their derivatives. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .)

Possible Related Names

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

Sources (2)

  • Virge Andrews in household of Turner M Andrews, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Virge Anders in household of Turner Anders, "United States Census, 1920"

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