Adolphus Edwin Weaver

Male16 June 1876–2 April 1950

Brief Life History of Adolphus Edwin

When Adolphus Edwin Weaver was born on 16 June 1876, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Capt. William Elbert Weaver, was 35 and his mother, Hannah Eliza Baird, was 29. He married Margie Margaret Powell on 12 June 1912, in Rabun, Georgia, United States. He lived in Reems Creek Township, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States in 1880. He died on 2 April 1950, in Rabun, Georgia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Dillard, Rabun, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Adolphus Edwin Weaver
1876–1950
Margie Margaret Powell
1892–1969
Marriage: 12 June 1912

Sources (6)

  • A Ervin Weaver in household of Elbert W Weaver, "United States Census, 1880"
  • A. E. Weaver, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
  • A. Ervin Weaver, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 June 1912Rabun, Georgia, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1877 · Last Troops Leave

    Age 1

    In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

    1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia

    Age 17

    The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.

    1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage

    Age 21

    In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

    English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

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

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