Brief Life History of William Joseph
When William Joseph Liipfert, Junior was born on 14 October 1891, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, his father, William Joseph Liipfert, was 31 and his mother, Bettie P Bailey, was 20. He married Mary Hope Graff before 1918. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Winston Township, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years and Fort Valley, Peach, Georgia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 26 December 1962, in Peach, Georgia, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Fort Valley, Peach, Georgia, United States.
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- William Liipfert, "United States Census, 1940"
- William Liipfert, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- W J Liipfert in entry for William Joseph Liipfert and Amy Ethelwyn Holdaway, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1910 · The BSA is Made
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Name Meaning
Probably the most successful of all the Old French names of Germanic origin that were introduced to England by the Normans. It is derived from Germanic wil ‘will, desire’ + helm ‘helmet, protection’. The fact that it was borne by the Conqueror himself does not seem to have inhibited its favour with the ‘conquered’ population: in the first century after the Conquest it was the commonest male name of all, and not only among the Normans. In the later Middle Ages it was overtaken by John , but continued to run second to that name until the 20th century, when the picture became more fragmented.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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