Florence Amanda Bates

Brief Life History of Florence Amanda

When Florence Amanda Bates was born on 14 January 1864, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Abraham D Bates, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Wasem, was 35. She married Ira Clelland Walls on 4 June 1884. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Cambria Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900. She died on 26 June 1900, in Burnside Township, Clearfield, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 36, and was buried in Cherry Tree, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Clelland Walls
1861–1943
Florence Amanda Bates
1864–1900
Marriage: 4 June 1884
Edward A Walls
1884–1975
Mary Elizabeth Walls
1886–1967
Rose Altha Walls
1887–1961
Laura Mae Walls
1889–1961
Nellie Virgin Walls
1891–1967
Joseph Horace Walls Sr
1893–1953
Waldon Abraham "Chuck' Walls
1895–1980
Maxine Walls
1898–1998

Sources (19)

  • Florence Walls in household of Ira Walls, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Florence A Bates - Individual or family possessions: birth: 14 January 1864; Pennsylvania, United States
  • Florence Walls, "Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1865 · The Assassination of a President

While attending the play "Our American Cousin" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South.

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.

Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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