Brief Life History of Annie Josephine
When Annie Josephine Little was born on 7 November 1881, in Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi, United States, her father, Frank William Little, was 31 and her mother, Mary Ellen Lavins, was 29. She married Henry Tudor Farmer on 1 November 1904, in Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States in 1920 and Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States in 1930. She died on 27 July 1960, in Edgewood, Cranston, Providence, Rhode Island, United States, at the age of 78.
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- Annie L Farmer in household of Henry T Farmer, "United States Census, 1920"
- Annie J Little in entry for John M Farmer, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Annie Farmer in household of Henry Farmer, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1894
Mary Philbrook was the first woman in New Jersey to become a lawyer. She had applied for admission to the New Jersey Bar in 1894, but was rejected because the New Jersey Court stated that women were not vested with any right to be attorneys. Mary lobbied with the Jersey City Woman's Club for an update to the law, which was passed in 1895 and allowed women to become lawyers. Mary Philbrook was the first woman to be admitted after the law change.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: nickname for a small man (if not ironic), or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English littel, Old English lȳtel (see Light 3).
Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see Began ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘little’, e.g. French Petit , Polish Mały (see Maly 1).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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