Ora Fowler

Brief Life History of Ora

When Ora Fowler was born on 27 October 1896, in Georgia, United States, her father, Jerry Louis Fowler, was 31 and her mother, Rachel Annie Lockaby, was 21. She married Charles C Gore on 13 May 1917, in Bartow, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Cassville, Bartow, Georgia, United States in 1920 and District 936, Bartow, Georgia, United States in 1930. She died on 24 June 1991, in Cobb, Georgia, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles C Gore
1890–1953
Ora Fowler
1896–1991
Marriage: 13 May 1917
Geneva Gore
1918–
Mary Madglin Gore
–1995
Frances Gore
Mae Gore
1920–
Ruth Anne Gore
1922–2009
Charles Junior Gore
1927–1992

Sources (20)

  • Ora Fowler in household of Jerry L Fowler, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Ora Fowler, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • Ora Fowler Gore, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).

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

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