Brief Life History of Sarah Inez
When Sarah Inez Massengill was born on 15 January 1919, in Dover, Craven, North Carolina, United States, her father, Leonard Aaron Coy Massengill, was 50 and her mother, Alice Mettie Rouse, was 46. She married Earl Ray Harrison on 15 July 1952, in New Bern, Craven, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Goldsboro, Wayne, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Kinston, Lenoir, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 23 October 1987, in Morehead Township, Carteret, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Morehead City, Carteret, North Carolina, United States.
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- Inez Massingill in household of Alice Massingill, "United States Census, 1940"
- Sarah Inez Massengill, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Sarah Inez Massengill, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920 · Women Get the Vote
In 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified making it so that women could vote. This achievement finally gave North Carolina the freedom to vote they had been fighting for since 1897.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Masongill in Thornton in Lonsdale (Yorkshire). The placename derives from Old Norse meisingr ‘titmouse’ + gil ‘ravine’. This surname has died out in England, but the variant Massingale has not.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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