Virgie Mae Mannon

Brief Life History of Virgie Mae

When Virgie Mae Mannon was born on 20 March 1917, in Virginia, United States, her father, James Fleming Mannon, was 49 and her mother, Polly Ann Hurt, was 36. She married Everette Houston Sowers on 14 December 1938, in Floyd, Virginia, United States. She lived in Alum Ridge, Floyd, Virginia, United States for about 30 years. She died on 25 September 1996, in Virginia, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Floyd, Virginia, United States.

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Everette Houston Sowers
1913–1974
Virgie Mae Mannon
1917–1996
Marriage: 14 December 1938

Sources (12)

  • Virgie M Sowers, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Vergie Mannon, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
  • Virgie M Sowers, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Mannion . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.

English (Lancashire and Cheshire): variant of Manning . This form of the surname is very rare in Britain and Ireland.

In some cases possibly also French (Gironde): variant of Manon .

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

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