Hattie Elizabeth Graves

Brief Life History of Hattie Elizabeth

When Hattie Elizabeth Graves was born on 26 January 1907, in Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States, her father, Joseph Croshaw Graves, was 35 and her mother, Maybelle Ingram, was 23. She died on 10 December 1983, in Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Rosemere Cemetery, Opelika, Lee, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Croshaw Graves
1871–1939
Maybelle Ingram
1883–1959
Hattie Elizabeth Graves
1907–1983
Lily Farley Graves
1908–1995

Sources (3)

  • Hattie Graves in household of Mabell Graves, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Hattie Elizabeth Graves, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Hattie E Graves in household of Joseph C Graves, "United States Census, 1910"

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1909 · The NAACP is formed

Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.

1927

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

Name Meaning

English (northern and eastern England): variant of Grave , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: alternatively, a variant of Greaves or Grieves .

Altered form of German Greff , with the addition of excrescent -s, a common feature of Americanized surnames.

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

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