Mary Ophelia Rogers

Brief Life History of Mary Ophelia

When Mary Ophelia Rogers was born on 26 August 1899, in Texas, United States, her father, Mathew Coleman Rogers, was 43 and her mother, Nancy Frances McCarty, was 30. She married William F Favors on 21 October 1929, in Milam, Texas, United States. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Milam, Texas, United States for about 40 years. She died on 13 January 1979, at the age of 79, and was buried in Oak Lawn Cemetery, Rockdale, Milam, Texas, United States.

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William F Favors
1902–1972
Mary Ophelia Rogers
1899–1979
Marriage: 21 October 1929

Sources (12)

  • Mary O Favors, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Polly Maud Rogers, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Mary O Rogers Favors, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

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""."

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): variant of Roger , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish: adopted for Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí (see Rorie ).

History: Thomas Rogers (c. 1587–1621), born in London, England, was among the Pilgrim Fathers who sailed on the Mayflower in 1620. He died during the first winter at Plymouth Colony, but his son Joseph survived and married, and was later joined in MA by his brother John. This name was subsequently brought to North America independently by many different bearers.

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

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