Lillie Fay Vance

Brief Life History of Lillie Fay

When Lillie Fay Vance was born on 5 August 1888, in Smith, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Wolford Vance, was 27 and her mother, Nida Ella White, was 20. She married Homer Mizell "Mac" McCrary on 4 January 1913, in Smith, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Civil District 22, Smith, Tennessee, United States in 1910 and District 11, Effingham, Georgia, United States in 1930. She died on 7 December 1919, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 31, and was buried in Smith, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Homer Mizell "Mac" McCrary
1892–1980
Lillie Fay Vance
1888–1919
Marriage: 4 January 1913
Geraldine McCrary
1913–1929

Sources (11)

  • Jennie McCrary in household of Mizcell McCrary, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lillie Vance, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Lillie Vance McCrary, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1893 · The Last Public Hanging in Georgia

The last public hanging in Georgia was on September 28, 1893. The General Assembly prohibited public executions in December 1893. Prior to this law, Georgians commonly traveled to witness scheduled public executions.

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.

Name Meaning

Scottish: apparently a spelling pronunciation of Vans, a misreading of Vaus (see Vause ), in which -u- has been miscopied as -n-. If true, it is probably limited to the Vans or Vaus family of Wigtownshire. It may be this surname that appears in Ireland from the early 17th century, especially in Ulster, but it could alternatively be the English name in 2 below.

English: if not a transcription error for Vause (a surname well evidenced in Warwickshire and Leicestershire), a variant of Vann , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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