Brief Life History of Viola Inez
When Viola Inez Ward was born on 9 June 1917, in Texas, United States, her father, George Washington Ward, was 25 and her mother, Ethel Stephenson, was 24. She married Harvey Lee Phillips on 25 August 1944, in Smith, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Justice Precinct 5, Cherokee, Texas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 December 2001, in Cherokee, Texas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Bradford Cemetery, Troup, Smith, Texas, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Inez W Phillips, "United States 1950 Census"
- Viola Inez Ward, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Inez Evans, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
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World Events (8)
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a watchman or guard, from Middle English ward ‘watchman, guard’ (Old English weard, used as both an agent noun and an abstract noun).
English: occupational name from Middle English warde ‘armed guard’ (Old English weard ‘watching, guarding’), with the same meaning as 1 above.
Irish: shortened form of McWard, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Bhaird ‘son of the poet’. The surname occurs throughout Ireland, where three different branches of the family are known as professional poets.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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