Christie Addie Spence

Female8 February 1893–12 October 1985

Brief Life History of Christie Addie

Christie Addie Spence was born on 8 February 1893. She married James Franklin West on 7 June 1915, in DeKalb, Alabama, United States. She lived in Election Precinct 27 Johnson, DeKalb, Alabama, United States for about 10 years. She died on 12 October 1985, in De Kalb, Bowie, Texas, United States, at the age of 92.

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James Franklin West
1875–1969
Christie Addie Spence
1893–1985
Marriage: 7 June 1915

Sources (6)

  • Christa A West in household of James F West, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Christie Spence, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Christia West in entry for James Franklin West, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    7 June 1915DeKalb, Alabama, United States

    • World Events (8)

    1894 · Texas Files Lawsuit Against Standard Oil Company

    Age 1

    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.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 3

    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.

    1917

    Age 24

    U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: nickname for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense, spence ‘pantry, larder, storeroom’ (Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus ‘to weigh out or dispense’). Compare Spencer .

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

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