Brief Life History of Elizabeth Catherine
When Elizabeth Catherine Urban was born on 27 August 1906, in Nelson, Virginia, United States, her father, Charles Michael Urban, was 29 and her mother, Mattie Leigh Kidd, was 20. She married James Benjamin Wood on 12 February 1928. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Schuyler, Nelson, Virginia, United States in 1950 and Faber, Nelson, Virginia, United States in 1976. She died on 5 January 2002, in Lovingston, Nelson, Virginia, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Faber, Nelson, Virginia, United States.
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- Elizabeth Wood, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elizabeth C. Urban, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Elizabeth C. Urban, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility
Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
German, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Slovenian, Ukrainian, Belorussian, English, French, and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic); Hungarian (Urbán): from a personal name, Latin Urbanus ‘city dweller’ (a derivative of urbs ‘town, city’), borne by a 4th-century Christian saint, the patron saint of vines, and by seven early popes. As a Jewish surname, this is an adoption of the Polish personal name. In North America, this surname may also be a shortened form of Slavic patronymics and other derivatives from the name Urban, e.g. Polish Urbanczyk and Urbanowicz , Slovenian Urbančič (see Urbancic ) and Urbanič (see Urbanic ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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