Brief Life History of Florence
When Florence Jones was born in 1895, in Georgia, United States, her father, William Edward Jones, was 27 and her mother, Frances Elizabeth Sorrow, was 23. She had at least 3 sons and 1 daughter with Ward Molesworth. She lived in Decatur, DeKalb, Georgia, United States in 1910 and Woodbury, Iowa, United States in 1925. She died on 31 May 1957, in Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, United States, at the age of 62.
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- Florence Molesworth in household of Ward Molesworth, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
- Florence Jones in entry for Harold K Molesworth, "Ohio, Cincinnati, Vine Street Hill Cemetery Index of Burials, 1851-1986"
- Florence Molesworth in household of Ward Molesworth, "United States Census, 1920"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1906 · The Atlanta Race Riot
The Atlanta Race Riot of 1906 occurred on the evening of September 22 through September 24. A newspaper reported the rapes of four white women by African American men. Fueled by pre-existing racial tensions, these reports enraged white men who then arranged gangs to attack African American men. Over the next few days, several thousand white men joined in and in the end, 26 people were killed and many were injured.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.
English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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