Florence J Work

Female12 October 1881–19 December 1919

Brief Life History of Florence J

Florence J Work was born on 12 October 1881, in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania, United States. She married Charles Elmer Williams about 1906. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 19 December 1919, in her hometown, at the age of 38.

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Family Time Line

Charles Elmer Williams
1879–1961
Florence J Work
1881–1919
Marriage: about 1906
Sara Jane Williams
1908–

Sources (1)

  • Florence Work in entry for Kenneth H Bender and Sara Jane Williams, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1906
  • Children (1)

    World Events (8)

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 1

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1886

    Age 5

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 15

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish (Orkney): habitational name from the lands of Work in the parish of Saint Ola, Orkney.

    English: from Middle English werk ‘earthwork, fortification’, Older Scots wark ‘work, building’ (both from Old English (ge)weorc), a topographic or occupational name for a person who lived or worked at a fort, earthwork, or similar construction, or a habitational name from any place so called, such as Wark (Northumberland).

    Danish: habitational name from a place so called.

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

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