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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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.
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