Brief Life History of Nannie Lois
When Nannie Lois Moore was born in 1918, in Keeling, Pittsylvania, Virginia, United States, her father, Stephen Walker Moore, was 37 and her mother, Rosa May Hardy, was 33. She married Albert William May on 16 April 1938, in Crewe, Nottoway, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Nottoway, Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 1 August 2000, at the age of 82, and was buried in Richmond, Virginia, United States.
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- Lois Moore in household of Stephen W Moore, "United States Census, 1930"
- Nannie Lois Moore, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Nannie Lois Moore in entry for John Wilton Priest and Anita Lois May Moore, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
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.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.
English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .
English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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