Brief Life History of Lula Jane
When Lula Jane Mott was born on 15 January 1886, in Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, her father, Henry J. Mott, was 18 and her mother, Virginia Demarise Pritchett, was 17. She had at least 3 sons and 3 daughters with Thomas Wesley Higginbothom. She lived in Election Precinct 5 Ackers, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Election Precinct 9, Jefferson, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 14 November 1985, in Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, United States, at the age of 99.
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- Lula Higginbotham in household of Wesley Higginbotham, "United States Census, 1920"
- Lula Jane Higginbothom, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Jane Mott in entry for Lloyd George Ommen and Jane Westley Higginbotham, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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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.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
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.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English female personal name Motte, a pet form of Matilda. There has probably been some confusion with Moat .
German: topographic name for someone who lived by or owned property in a marshy area, from Middle High German mot ‘mud, swamp’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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