Brief Life History of Zoar
When Zoar Carr was born on 9 September 1906, in Maud, Seminole, Oklahoma, United States, her father, William Andrew Milam Carr, was 45 and her mother, Minnie Lou McKay, was 19. She married Lisle Lester Davis on 17 October 1925, in Franklin, Ohio, United States. She lived in Seminole, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Shannon Township, Creek, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. She died on 28 April 1993, at the age of 86, and was buried in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States.
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Sources (6)
- Joan Carr in household of William A Carr, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Zoar Carr - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Zoar Carr
- Zoar Carr, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
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World Events (8)
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.
Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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