Christine Mae High

Brief Life History of Christine Mae

When Christine Mae High was born on 17 December 1912, her father, Sidney Garland High, was 38 and her mother, Roberta Richardson, was 29. She married Bernard Edward Huddy on 16 January 1942, in Fort Liberty, Cumberland, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Dry Wells Township, Nash, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and Middlesex, Nash, North Carolina, United States in 1930. She died on 26 March 1971, in Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Middlesex, Nash, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Samuel M Holton
1901–1986
Christine Mae High
1912–1971
Marriage: 19 July 1951

Sources (22)

  • Christine High in household of Henry B High, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Christine Mae High, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Christine Mae High, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

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World Events (8)

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility

Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War  the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

Name Meaning

English:

nickname for a tall man, from Middle English heigh, hey, high ‘high, tall’ (Old English hēah). Compare Hay 3.

topographic name for someone who lived ‘(on the) height or hill’, from Middle English heigh ‘height, hilltop’ (Old English hēah). Compare Hight .

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

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