Lou Emma Rigsby
May 1898–23 March 1971 (Age 72)
Texas, United States
The Life of Lou Emma
When Lou Emma Rigsby was born in May 1898, in Texas, United States, her father, George Washington Rigsby, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Alice Jackson, was 30. She died on 23 March 1971, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 72.
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Family Time Line
George Washington Rigsby
1872–1953
Sarah Alice Jackson
1867–1959
George Washington Rigsby
1891–1965
Lillie Belle Rigsby
1894–
Tennessee Rigsby
1896–1928
Lou Emma Rigsby
1898–1971
Elijah Lee Rigsby
1906–1977
Leon Rigsby
1911–1963
Sheffield Rigsby
1914–
Parents and Siblings
1872–1953Male
1867–1959Female
siblings
(7)
1891–1965Male
Lillie Belle Rigsby
1894–Female
Tennessee Rigsby
1896–1928Female
1898–1971Female
1906–1977Male
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 2
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
Age 3
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 20
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place so named in Lincolnshire.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Lu Emma Rigsby in household of George W Rigsby, "United States Census, 1920"
- Willie V Rigsby in household of G W Rigsby, "United States Census, 1910"
- Virginia Rigsby in household of Washington Rigsby, "United States Census, 1900"
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