Lora Blanch MaGee

Brief Life History of Lora Blanch

When Lora Blanch MaGee was born on 4 July 1899, in Tennessee, United States, her father, James Thomas Magee, was 26 and her mother, Lucy Jane Barner, was 24. She married Dewey Otis Berryhill on 29 October 1920, in Weakley, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 11, Weakley, Tennessee, United States in 1940 and Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, United States for about 4 years. She died on 8 September 1990, in McKenzie, Carroll, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Gleason, Weakley, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dewey Otis Berryhill
1899–
Lora Blanch MaGee
1899–1990
Marriage: 29 October 1920
Mabel Louise Berryhill
1921–2003
Modema B. “Mama Mo” Berryhill
1922–
Bertie Modena Berryhill
1923–
James Franklin Berryhill
1925–1995
Boyd Berryhill
1928–1986
Bobby Joe Berryhill
1930–2001

Sources (13)

  • Lara Berryhill, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lara Mogee, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Lora Berryhill, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Aoidh or Mag Aodha ‘son of Aodh’ (see McGee ).

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

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