Brief Life History of Mildred L
When Mildred L Purvis was born on 5 September 1915, in Florence, South Carolina, United States, her father, Haywood Herbert Purvis, was 32 and her mother, Florence Lee Armfield, was 32. She had at least 1 son with Allen E Eagerton. She lived in McMillen Township, Florence, South Carolina, United States for about 20 years. She died on 11 January 2003, in Florence, Florence, South Carolina, United States, at the age of 87.
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- Mildred L Eagerton in household of Allen Eagerton, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mrs Allen Eagerton in entry for Mr Willard Alexander Purvis, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
- Mildred Purvis in household of H H Purvis, "United States Census, 1930"
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1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched
South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English (Midlothian, Northumberland, and Durham; of Norman origin): status name or occupational name from an unrecorded Anglo-Norman French purveis, probably a derivative of purveoir ‘to foresee; to provide (supplies)’ and synonymous with Anglo-Norman French purveiour ‘steward who provides food and supplies to a royal or monastic household’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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