Nannie Lois Moore

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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Family Time Line

Albert William May
1914–1993
Nannie Lois Moore
1918–2000
Marriage: 16 April 1938
Brenda Irene May
1941–2019
Robert Stanley May
1954–1974

Sources (10)

  • 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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World Events (8)

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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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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