Brief Life History of Lucy Alveta
When Lucy Alveta Mccraw was born on 9 July 1924, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, her father, Crawford William McCraw, was 28 and her mother, Almetta Harris, was 23. She married Ben Lemuel Nesmith III in 1947, in Florida, United States. She lived in Beaverdam Township, Haywood, North Carolina, United States in 1930 and Limestone Township, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 14 September 2003, at the age of 79, and was buried in Myrtle Green Cemetery, Tabor City, Columbus, North Carolina, United States.
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- Lucy A Mccraw in household of Crawford W Mccraw, "United States Census, 1930"
- Lucy Alveta Mccraw, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
- Lucy C McCraw, "Florida Marriages, 1830-1993"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
1945 · Peace in a Post War World
The Yalta Conference was held in Crimea to talk about establishing peace and postwar reorganization in post-World War II Europe. The heads of government that were attending were from the United States, the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. Later the Conference would become a subject of controversy at the start of the Cold War.
Name Meaning
Irish: variant of McGrath .
Scottish: variant of McRae .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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