Lucille Virginia Crawford

Female19 February 1924–17 January 1998

Brief Life History of Lucille Virginia

When Lucille Virginia Crawford was born on 19 February 1924, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States, her father, Elbert Paxton Crawford, was 27 and her mother, Lottie Zena Smith, was 21. She married Henry Bayton Emore on 3 July 1943, in Rockbridge, Virginia, United States. She lived in Lexington District, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States in 1950 and Orange Court House, Orange, Virginia, United States in 1950. She died on 17 January 1998, at the age of 73, and was buried in Timber Ridge Arp Church Cemetery, Timber Ridge, Rockbridge, Virginia, United States.

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Henry Bayton Emore
1917–1960
Lucille Virginia Crawford
1924–1998
Marriage: 3 July 1943

Sources (7)

  • Lucile N Crawford in household of Elbert P Crawford, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lucille Virginia Crawford, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988" - to Henry Bayton Emore
  • Lucille Virginia Crawford Emore, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 July 1943Rockbridge, Virginia, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 3

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington

    Age 17

    The Pentagon was developed as the Department of Defense had outgrown the other buildings were it was previous located.The groundbreaking for the Pentagon was on September 11, 1941. When the Pentagon was being built, it was determined that it could be no taller than four stories high. Colonel Leslie R. Groves was the supervisor of the project, he would later become known for helping on the Manhattan Project.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 20

    The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and English: habitational name from any of various places called Crawford, primarily the one in Lanarkshire (Scotland), and possibly also from the one in Lancashire. Both are named in Old English with crāwe ‘crow’ + ford ‘ford’.

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

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