Brief Life History of Nora May
When Nora May New was born on 24 February 1883, in Georgia, United States, her father, William David New, was 24 and her mother, Shady Ann Frances Hale, was 26. She had at least 1 son and 5 daughters with Thomas Newton Tolbert. She lived in District 1562, Floyd, Georgia, United States in 1900 and Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States in 1920. She died on 28 October 1920, in Lindale, Floyd, Georgia, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Lindale Cemetery, Lindale, Floyd, Georgia, United States.
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- Nora M New in household of William D New, "United States Census, 1900"
- Nora New, "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950"
- Nora May New Tolbert, "Find A Grave Index"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia
The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a newcomer to an area (though someone new to a position or occupation is also possible), from Middle English newe ‘new’ (Old English nīwe).
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a yew tree, from a misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten ewe ‘at the yew’ (Old English æt thæm ēowe).
Americanized form (translation into English) of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Neu .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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