Brief Life History of Lou Ann
When Lou Ann Howard was born on 7 June 1873, in Harrisonville, Van Buren, Missouri, United States, her father, Elihue Howard, was 34 and her mother, Margaret Hockensmith, was 30. She had at least 2 sons with Arthur Everett Spencer Sr. She lived in Coldwater Township, Van Buren, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Joplin Township, Jasper, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died on 15 July 1957, in Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (8)
- Spencer in household of Arther Spencer, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Mrs Spencer - Individual or family possessions: birth: about 1870; Indiana, United States
- Lou Ann Spencer, "Missouri, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
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.
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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