Fannie Mae Knowles

Brief Life History of Fannie Mae

When Fannie Mae Knowles was born in 1908, in Arkansas, United States, her father, James Knowles, was 49 and her mother, Ada Gladden, was 34. She married Jack Earl Matthews on 11 February 1926, in Garland, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Hot Springs Township, Garland, Arkansas, United States in 1950. She died on 15 August 1978, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Robert Shaw
1910–1961
Fannie Mae Knowles
1908–1978
Marriage: 4 October 1939
Alma Inez Matthews
1929–1999
Delphia Irene Matthews
1932–2016
Betty Dolores Shaw
1941–

Sources (13)

  • Fannie M Shaw, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Fannie Knowles, "Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Fannie Shaw, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting

In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name from Middle English knol(le) ‘knoll, hilltop’ (Old English cnoll) or from any of the many places (some lost) named with this word, for example Knowle (Devon, Dorset, Lancashire, Somerset, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire) and Knole (Kent, Sussex).

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tnúthghail (see Newell ).

English: variant of Noel , often, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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