Brief Life History of Willie Rose
When Willie Rose Maxey was born in 1897, her father, George Washington Maxey, was 30 and her mother, Julia Ann Mahan, was 27. She lived in Civil District 10, Hancock, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and High Shoals Township, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. She was buried in South Park Cemetery, Roswell, Chaves, New Mexico, United States.
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Sources (5)
- Willie Maxey in household of George Maxey, "United States Census, 1940"
- Willie Maxey in household of Julia Maxey, "United States Census, 1900"
- Willie Maxey in household of George Maxey, "United States Census, 1930"
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World Events (8)
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
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.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a place in Northamptonshire, so named from the Old English personal name Maccus + Old English ēg ‘island’.
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Macasa ‘descendant of Macus’, a personal name of uncertain origin. It may be a variant of Magnus .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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