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
Sources (1)
- Florence Work in entry for Kenneth H Bender and Sara Jane Williams, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
Spouse and Children
1879–1961 Male
1881–1919 Female
Children (1)
1908– Female
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1886
Age 5
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 15
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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