Brief Life History of Etta Mae
Etta Mae Moore was born on 14 February 1919, in Mobile, Alabama, United States as the daughter of Cora Moore. She lived in Pipers Gap, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1950 and Woodlawn, Carroll, Virginia, United States in 1986. She died on 14 May 1986, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Carroll, Virginia, United States.
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- Etta Mae Amburn, "United States Census, 1950"
- Etta Mae Amburn, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
- Etta Mae Moore in entry for Martin Adron Amburn and Kathy Denise Combs, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920
Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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