Alice CARVER

Brief Life History of Alice

When Alice CARVER was born on 30 January 1894, in Georgia, United States, her father, William M. Carver, was 28 and her mother, Louisa COWART, was 23. She married John Riley BURCH on 25 May 1911, in Coffee, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Axson, Atkinson, Georgia, United States for about 1 years. She died on 8 October 1978, in Coffee, Georgia, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery, Kirkland, Atkinson, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Riley BURCH
1886–1956
Alice CARVER
1894–1978
Marriage: 25 May 1911
Herman BURCH
1912–1960
Beadie BURCH
1914–2000
Garlon BURCH
1916–1982
Louise Burch
1919–1990
John Riley BURCH Jr.
1920–1997
William A. BURCH
1923–1944
Lessie Lee BURCH
1925–2008
Evelyn BURCH
1927–1970

Sources (23)

  • Alice Burch, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Alice Corner, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Alice Carver Burch, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot

The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English kerver ‘one who cuts or carves (something)’, especially wood, hence ‘carpenter’ but within that trade more specifically and commonly ‘sculptor of wooden images’; perhaps occasionally ‘sculptor in stone’.

Americanized form of German Garber , Gerber , or Körber (see Koerber ).

History: John Carver (c. 1576–1621), one of the Mayflower Pilgrims, was the first governor of Plymouth Plantation. He was born in Nottinghamshire or Derbyshire, England. Emigrating to the Netherlands in 1609, he joined the Pilgrims at Leyden.

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

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