Dorothy Mae Abrams

Female8 January 1916–29 September 2005

Brief Life History of Dorothy Mae

When Dorothy Mae Abrams was born on 8 January 1916, in Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States, her father, Clarence Webb Abrams, was 25 and her mother, Sarah Naomi Raymond, was 19. She lived in Tarrant City, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1950. She died on 29 September 2005, in Cropwell, St. Clair, Alabama, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in St. Clair, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Arthur Townes Jr.
1919–2003
Dorothy Mae Abrams
1916–2005

Sources (13)

  • Dorothy M Townes, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Dorothy A Townes, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Dorothy Abrams Townes, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1917

Age 1

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York

Age 1

Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.

1941

Age 25

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Abram , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Jewish (Ashkenazic), Dutch, and German: patronymic from the personal name Abram .

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

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