Brief Life History of Verla Mae
When Verla Mae Waters was born on 16 January 1895, in Arkansas, United States, her father, William James Waters, was 28 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth McInturff, was 28. She married John Bills Alexander on 10 September 1911, in Erath, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Erath, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 7, Erath, Texas, United States in 1940. She died in August 1985, in Stephenville, Erath, Texas, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Erath, Texas, United States.
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- Vergie Alexander in household of J B Alexander, "United States Census, 1920"
- Verla Waters, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
- Verla May Waters Alexander, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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.
1904 · William H. Fuller Grows 70 Acres of Rice
Rice is one Arkansas leading crops, in 1904 William H. Fuller planted 70 acres of rice, this act is what started the making rice the leading crop in Arkansas.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Water 1 and 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: when not the English surname, this is an Anglicized form of various Gaelic names taken to be derived from uisce ‘water’ (see for example Haskin , Hiskey ).
History: James Waters came from London, England, to Salem, MA, in 1630. Lawrence Waters came to Charlestown, MA, from Lancaster, England, in 1675.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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