Brief Life History of Zena Pearl
When Zena Pearl Ware was born on 2 August 1879, in Roxton, Lamar, Texas, United States, her father, Thomas William Ware, was 31 and her mother, Annie Elizabeth Williams, was 31. She married William Nicholas Casey on 8 August 1897, in Lamar Land District, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. She lived in Lamar, Texas, United States in 1935 and Justice Precinct 2, Lamar, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 14 November 1963, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Restland Cemetery, Roxton, Lamar, Texas, United States.
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- Jena Casey in household of W N Casey, "United States Census, 1930"
- Zena Ware, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- Zena Pearl Casey, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
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.
1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered
"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."
Name Meaning
English:
topographic name for someone who lived by or looked after a dam or weir on a river (from Old English wær, wer, Middle English war(e), warre, wer(e), werre ‘weir’), or a habitational name from a place called with this word, such as Weare (Somerset), Weare Giffard (Devon), or Ware (Hertfordshire).
topographic name for someone who lived by a horse pond or fish pond, from Anglo-Norman French, Middle English wayour, which became early modern English ware, wear.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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