Frances Waters

FemaleAugust 1888–

Brief Life History of Frances

When Frances Waters was born in August 1888, in Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States, her father, David J. Walters, was 33 and her mother, Isabelle, was 31. She lived in Alligator Township, Chesterfield, South Carolina, United States in 1900.

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Family Time Line

David J. Walters
1854–
Isabelle
1856–
Alex Waters
1887–
Frances Waters
1888–
Lawrence Outlaw
1892–

Sources (1)

  • Francis Walter in household of Walters, "United States Census, 1900"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (3)

World Events (3)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 2

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.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

Age 2

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched

Age 28

South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: variant of Water 1 and 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish: when not the English surname, this is an Anglicized form of various Gaelic names taken to be derived from uisce ‘water’ (see for example Haskin , Hiskey ).

History: James Waters came from London, England, to Salem, MA, in 1630. Lawrence Waters came to Charlestown, MA, from Lancaster, England, in 1675.

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

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