Josie L Veazey

Brief Life History of Josie L

When Josie L Veazey was born on 24 May 1881, in Elmont, Grayson, Texas, United States, her father, George E Veazey, was 26 and her mother, Savannah Pogue, was 26. She married George W. Riddle on 13 August 1896, in Grayson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Justice Precinct 4, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1900 and Justice Precinct 5, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 21 May 1950, in Tioga, Grayson, Texas, United States, at the age of 68.

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Family Time Line

George W. Riddle
1863–1957
Josie L Veazey
1881–1950
Marriage: 13 August 1896
George E Riddle
1920–1998

Sources (8)

  • Josie Riddle in household of George Riddle, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Josie L. Veazy, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Josie Riddle, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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World Events (8)

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.

1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

Under the direction of Governor Jim Hogg, Texas filed a lawsuit against John D. Rockefeller for violating state monopoly laws. Hogg argued that Standard Oil Company and Water-Piece Oil Company of Missouri were engaged in illegal practices like price fixing, rebates, and consolidation. Rockefeller was indicted, but never tried in a court of law; other employees of his company were convicted as guilty.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

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

Name Meaning

English (Rutland): nickname from Anglo-Norman French enveisé ‘playful’ (Old French envoisié), Latinized as invesiatus (compare medieval Latin invasus ‘possessed by a demon’) and paralleled by lascivus ‘wanton’. The first syllable was lost early, resulting in numerous dialectal and orthographic variants; only Lenfestey preserves the fuller form, with an intrusive medial -t-. There has also been some confusion with Vessey .

History: John Veazey came from England to MD in the late 17th century. Thomas Ward Veazey (born 1774) was a MD legislator and planter.

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

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