Nola Armstrong

Brief Life History of Nola

Nola Armstrong was born on 8 March 1885, in Overton, Tennessee, United States as the daughter of Pleas Armstrong and Mary Bice. She had at least 4 sons and 7 daughters with James Mathes. She lived in Civil District 3, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States in 1910 and Civil District 3, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 15 December 1959, in Cumberland, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Linary Cemetery, Cumberland Homesteads, Cumberland, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Mathes
1864–1951
Nola Armstrong
1885–1959
Claude Thomas Mathes
1900–1986
Cora Elise Mathes
–1954
Lela Mae Mathes
1903–1976
Myrtle Grace Mathes
1905–1976
Eugene R Mathes
1907–1966
Lona Mathis
1910–
James Breaves Mathes
1914–1966
Earl Clayton Mathes
1917–1991
Cleady Marie Mathes
1921–1997
Cora Elise Mathes
1923–1954
Bertha Etter Sherrill
1995–1995

Sources (7)

  • Nolo Mathis in household of Jim Mathis, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Nola Mathes, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955"
  • Nola Armstrong in entry for Cora Elsie Mifflin, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1963"

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Name Meaning

English and Scottish (mainly Northumberland and the Scottish Borders): nickname from Middle English arm + strang, for someone who was ‘strong in the arm’.

Irish (Ulster): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Labhradha Tréan ‘strong O'Lavery’ or Mac Thréinfhir, literally ‘son of the strong man’.

History: This surname was brought to PA, NJ, and NH in the 18th century by several different families of northern Irish and northern English Protestants. One such was James Armstrong, who emigrated from Fermanagh to Cumberland County, PA, in 1745; another was John Armstrong (1720–95), who settled in Carlisle, PA, c. 1748.

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

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