Anna Laura Stowers

Brief Life History of Anna Laura

When Anna Laura Stowers was born on 25 May 1867, in Turtle Creek, Boone, West Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph E Stowers, was 36 and her mother, Martha Ann Payne, was 33. She married Isaac Soloman Bays on 6 July 1880, in Lincoln, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Washington District, Boone, West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Curry District, Putnam, West Virginia, United States in 1910. She died on 16 January 1930, in Big Creek, Logan, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Bays Cemetery, Eggleton, Putnam, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac Soloman Bays
1859–1934
Anna Laura Stowers
1867–1930
Marriage: 6 July 1880
James Albert Bays
1882–1952
Elmer Otho Bays
1897–
Mollie Ester Bays
1900–1913
Mealia Alma Bays
1903–1991
Veba Ester Bays
1906–2004

Sources (12)

  • Annie L Bays in household of Isaac Bays, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Anna L. Stowers, "West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928"
  • Annie L Stowers in entry for James Albert Bays, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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Name Meaning

English:

habitational name from the River Stour in Essex, named with a word related to the ancient Germanic root stūr- ‘strong, stiff, fierce’. The surname has since developed a post-medieval excrescent -s.

variant of Stower, with post-medieval excrescent -s, itself a variant of Storr . In some cases Stower is also a habitational name from Stour Provost, East and West Stour, or Stourpaine (Dorset), named from the River Stour (see above). The name may also have originated from the Norman French personal name Stur (Old Norse Sture, of uncertain etymology but possibly related to stórr ‘big’), but it is not known if this survived as a hereditary surname.

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

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