Brief Life History of James W
When James W Craven was born on 29 December 1898, his father, Thomas Craven, was 30 and his mother, Catherine Nora Mason, was 29. He married Annie Veronica Hoffman on 22 November 1926, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Dale City, Prince William, Virginia, United States in 1978. He died on 21 October 1978, in Arlington, Virginia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Fairfax, Virginia, United States.
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- James W Craven, "United States Census, 1930"
- James W Craven, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
- James W Craven, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1899 · Mount Rainier National Park is Established
Mount Rainier was established as a state park on March 2, 1899 with legislation was signed by President McKinley. Mount Rainier is a volcanic peak surrounded by forests.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Crabháin (County Galway) or Mac Crabháin (Louth, County Monaghan) ‘descendant (or ‘son’) of Crabhán’.
English (northern): habitational name from the district of Craven in Yorkshire, which is probably ‘garlic place’, from a British word, the ancestor of Welsh craf ‘garlic’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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