Brief Life History of Lawrence Elmer
When Lawrence Elmer Whittington was born on 28 March 1901, in Roberts Chapel, Marshall, Mississippi, United States, his father, James Wade Whittington, was 27 and his mother, Laura Eran Roberts, was 30. He married Helen T Rohmer on 2 June 1926, in Mobile, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. He lived in Election Precinct 11 Crichton, Mobile, Alabama, United States in 1940 and Houston, Harris, Texas, United States in 1976. He died on 8 April 1976, in West University Place, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Catholic Cemetery, Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States.
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- Laurence Whittington, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lawrence Elmer Whittington, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Lawrence E Whittington, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
1917
Historical Boundaries: 1917: Harris, Texas, United States
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of a large number of places called Whittington, for example in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Northumberland. Most of these places are named with the Old English personal name Hwīta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, meaning ‘Hwīta's settlement’ or ‘settlement associated with Hwīta’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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