Mary Ann Norwood

Brief Life History of Mary Ann

When Mary Ann Norwood was born in January 1880, in North Carolina, United States, her father, Stephen Gilliam Norwood, was 37 and her mother, Martha Ann Hackney, was 37. She married William Alexander Miles Womble on 8 August 1897, in Gulf, Chatham, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Gulf Township, Chatham, North Carolina, United States in 1900 and Polk, Florida, United States in 1910. She died on 31 July 1914, at the age of 34, and was buried in Highland City, Polk, Florida, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Alexander Miles Womble
1873–1956
Mary Ann Norwood
1880–1914
Marriage: 8 August 1897
Ila Maude Womble
1898–1985
Herman Clarence Womble
1900–1948
Jesse Clayton Womble
1902–1979
Walter Duncan Womble
1906–1999

Sources (15)

  • Mollie A W* in household of William A W*, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Mary A H Norwood, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
  • Mary Ann Norwood Womble, "Find A Grave Index"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from one or more of the many places called Northwood or Norwood, such as Northwood in Essex, Middlesex, Isle of Wight, Norwood in Middlesex and Surrey, or Northwood Farm in Okehampton and Northwood Farm in Morchard Bishop, both in Devon. The placenames mean ‘north or northern wood’, from Old English north ‘north, northern’ + wudu ‘wood’ or Middle English north + wode. Compare Norrod .

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

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