Alma Livitte Jennings

Female29 September 1880–7 November 1918

Brief Life History of Alma Livitte

Alma Livitte Jennings was born on 29 September 1880, in Mississippi, United States as the daughter of Robert Jennings and Eliza Mcbuff. She married Thomas Anderson Bankston in 1902. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 7 November 1918, in Grant, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 38, and was buried in Georgetown Cemetery, Georgetown, Grant, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Anderson Bankston
1874–1924
Alma Livitte Jennings
1880–1918
Marriage: 1902
Wyatt Lester Bankston
1903–1981
Thomas Herschel Bankston
1908–1989

Sources (3)

  • Almah Bandon in the 1910 United States Federal Census
  • Alma Bankston, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"
  • Alma Livitte Jennings Bankston, "Find A Grave Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1902

    • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Age 1

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 2

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 16

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

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

    German: patronymic from a pet form (see Jenning ) of the personal name Johannes (see John ).

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

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