Louvinia Turley

Brief Life History of Louvinia

When Louvinia Turley was born on 23 February 1851, in Ozark, Missouri, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklin Turley, was 25 and her mother, Luvenna Louisa Holman, was 25. She married Isaac Johnson on 31 October 1873, in Ozark, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She lived in Jasper Township, Ozark, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. She died on 23 May 1910, in Kiefer, Creek, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 59.

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Family Time Line

Robert Thomas Levi Holmes
1862–1948
Louvinia Turley
1851–1910
Marriage: 18 September 1891
Queen Victoria Johnson
1874–1936
Oliver Albert Holmes
1892–1981
Liza Holmes
1896–
Elender Louisa Holmes
1896–1964

Sources (12)

  • Luvinna Turley in household of Benj Turley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Lavinia Turley - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Lavinia Turley
  • Luvenia Holms, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1863 · The Battle at Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg involved the largest number of casualties of the entire Civil war and is often described as the war's turning point. Between 46,000 and 51,000 soldiers lost their lives during the three-day Battle. To honor the fallen soldiers, President Abraham Lincoln read his historic Gettysburg Address and helped those listening by redefining the purpose of the war.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

Name Meaning

Irish (Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Toirdealbhaigh, a patronymic from the personal name Toirdhealbhach, a personal name based on an Irish form of the Old Norse name Thórr ‘Thunder’ + the Gaelic word dealbhach ‘like, in the shape of’. Compare McCurley , from the lenited form of the same name.

Altered form of German Thurley, from a personal name formed with Old High German tiuri ‘dear, valuable’ + līh (?), related to Gothic leiks ‘body, shape’.

English (Staffordshire, Worcestershire and Gloucestershire): variant of Thurlow or Trillo .

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

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