Louvinia Register
13 November 1882–9 May 1974 (Age 91)
Clay, Florida, United States
The Life of Louvinia
When Louvinia Register was born on 13 November 1882, in Clay, Florida, United States, her father, Robert Joseph Register, was 26 and her mother, Kate O Wall, was 22. She married Henry Clinton Blitch on 5 March 1905, in Middleburg, Clay, Florida, United States. She died on 9 May 1974, in Clay, Florida, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Middleburg Methodist Church, Clay, Florida, United States.
Photos & Memories (1)
Family Time Line
Henry Clinton Blitch
1880–1963
Louvinia Register
1882–1974
Marriage: 5 March 1905
Spouse and Children
1880–1963Male
1882–1974Female
MARRIAGE
5 March 1905
Middleburg, Clay, Florida, United States
5 March 1905
Middleburg, Clay, Florida, United States
Parents and Siblings
Robert Joseph Register
1856–1932Male
Kate O Wall
1860–1892Female
siblings
(2)
1882–1974Female
1882–1961Male
World Events (8)
1886
Age 4
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1887 · Eatonville is Incorporated
Age 5
On August 15, 1887, the town of Eatonville was incorporated into Orange County, Florida. The town is significant for being one of the first all-black, self-governed municipalities in the country.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
Age 24
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: perhaps from Middle English, Old French registre ‘register’, ‘book for recording enactments’, hence perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a scribe or clerk.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- 1910 - Vinna Blitch, age 27, listed as Wife in the household of Henry C. Blitch, age 30, "U. S. Census, 1910"
- 1900 - Lourinia Register, age 18, listed as Daughter in the household of Robert J. Register, age 44, "U. S. Census, 1900"
- Levania Register, "Florida, County Marriages, 1830-1957"
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