Alice Eugenia Callaway

Brief Life History of Alice Eugenia

When Alice Eugenia Callaway was born on 16 June 1891, in Chambers, Alabama, United States, her father, Claiborne Williamson Callaway, was 42 and her mother, Ella Eulalia Barrow, was 33. She married Lloyd Olin Thornton on 14 December 1911, in Lanett, Chambers, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States in 1930 and District 655, Troup, Georgia, United States in 1940. She died on 2 August 1981, in Troup, Georgia, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in La Grange, Troup, Georgia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lloyd Olin Thornton
1884–1943
Alice Eugenia Callaway
1891–1981
Marriage: 14 December 1911
Ella Mae Thornton
1913–
Olin Eugene Thornton
1916–1995
Mildred Estelle Thornton
1918–1996

Sources (19)

  • Alice Caloway in household of Ella Caloway, "United States Census, 1910"
  • A E Callaway, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Alice Callaway Thornton, "Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Caillouet-Orgeville in Eure, France, named with a collective form of Old French cail(ou) ‘pebble’ (see Cail ).

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

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