Brief Life History of Annie Evelina
When Annie Evelina Hoyle was born on 13 May 1897, in Burke, North Carolina, United States, her father, Solomon Hoyle, was 59 and her mother, Sarah Emaline Yancey, was 40. She married Lemuel Farris Willis on 12 April 1914, in Bandys Township, Catawba, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Lower Fork Township, Burke, North Carolina, United States for about 40 years. She died on 15 June 1976, in Connelly Springs, Burke, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Laurel Hill, Lincoln, North Carolina, United States.
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- Annie Willias in household of Samuel F Willias, "United States Census, 1920"
- Annie Hoyle, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Annie Eveline Willis, "North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994"
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1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
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.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Hole reflecting the South Yorkshire and Southeastern Lancashire dialect pronunciation.
Irish and Manx: from Gaelic Mac Giolla Choille, meaning ‘son of the lad of the wood’, sometimes translated into English as Woods . Compare Mac Conchoille, ‘son of Cú Choille’, a personal name meaning ‘hound of the wood’.
Irish: variant of McCool from Mac Giolla Chomhghaill.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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