Brief Life History of Agnes
When Agnes Wise was born on 8 May 1905, in Dare, North Carolina, United States, her father, John Pigott Wise, was 23 and her mother, Mary Susan Beasley, was 19. She had at least 1 son and 1 daughter with Horace Judson Barnett. She lived in Corolla, Currituck, North Carolina, United States in 1950 and Manteo, Dare, North Carolina, United States in 1988. She died on 3 December 1988, at the age of 83, and was buried in Dolly Cemetery, Nags Head, Dare, North Carolina, United States.
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- Agnes W Barnett, "United States 1950 Census"
- Agnes Wise Barnett, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
- Agnes Wise in entry for Levie C Bunch and Elizabeth L Barnette, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
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.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a wise or learned person, from Middle English wise, wisse ‘wise’ (Old English wīs). This name has also absorbed Dutch Wijs and De Wijs, a nickname meaning ‘(the) wise’, and possibly cognates in other languages.
English: topographic name for someone who lived by the withies or willows, from Middle English withi, Old English wīthig ‘withy, willow’.
Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Weiss ‘white’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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