Brief Life History of Florence Va.
When Florence Va. Ayers was born on 27 September 1908, in Scott, Virginia, United States, her father, John Henry Ayers, was 33 and her mother, Eliza Ellen Worley, was 34. She married Andrew Jackson Ball on 18 January 1934, in Bristol, Virginia, United States. She lived in Fulkerson, Scott, Virginia, United States in 1910 and Civil District 6, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States in 1920. She died on 4 May 1935, in Sullivan, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 26, and was buried in Blountville, Sullivan, Tennessee, United States.
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- Florence Ayers in household of John Ayers, "United States Census, 1920"
- Florence Va. Ayers, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"
- Florence Ball, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
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: derivative of Ayer , with excrescent -s. The -s may represent a trace of the Latin nominative singular in heres ‘heir’, but it may also signify the son or servant of someone known as ‘the heir’, i.e. someone who was heir to some great estate.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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