Bessie Lorraine Kerfoot

Female16 February 1917–9 March 2019

Brief Life History of Bessie Lorraine

When Bessie Lorraine Kerfoot was born on 16 February 1917, in Bessemer, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, her father, James Ashurst Kerfoot, was 38 and her mother, Bessie Estelle Hurst, was 28. She married Jack Harbough Lawrence on 4 September 1938, in Calhoun, Alabama, United States. She lived in Oxford, Calhoun, Alabama, United States in 1930 and Magisterial District 2, Fayette, Kentucky, United States in 1940. She died on 9 March 2019, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 102.

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Family Time Line

Jack Harbough Lawrence
1919–1999
Bessie Lorraine Kerfoot
1917–2019
Marriage: 4 September 1938

Sources (7)

  • Lorraine Kerfsat, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Bessie Lorraine Kerfoot, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Unknown in entry for Jack Harbaugh Lawrence, "BillionGraves Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    4 September 1938Calhoun, Alabama, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (3)

    World Events (8)

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 1

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered

    Age 9

    In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.

    1944 · The G.I Bill

    Age 27

    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

    English (Lancashire and Cheshire):

    habitational name, probably from Carefoot, near Myerscough (Lancashire).

    possibly a variant of Griffith .

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

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