Brief Life History of Lois
When Lois Jordan was born on 22 January 1913, in Wayne, Mississippi, United States, her father, Riley Washington Jordan, was 29 and her mother, Lillie Pace, was 25. She had at least 3 daughters with Herman Palmer. She lived in Beat 4, Wayne, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years and Beat 2, Wayne, Mississippi, United States in 1950. She died on 2 January 1990, in Mississippi, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Arrington Cemetery, Wayne, Mississippi, United States.
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- Lois Palmer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Lois Palmer, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Lois Jordan Palmer, "Find A Grave Index"
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1935 · The FBI is Established
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Name Meaning
English, German, French (mainly Alsace and Haute-Savoie), Polish, Czech, and Slovenian; Spanish and Hungarian (Jordán): from the Christian personal name or nickname Jordan. This is taken from the name of the river Jordan (Hebrew Yarden, a derivative of yarad ‘to go down’, i.e. to the Dead Sea). At the time of the Crusades it was a common practice for crusaders and pilgrims to bring back flasks of water from the river in which John the Baptist had baptized people, including Christ himself, and to use it in the christening of their own children. As a result Jordan became quite a common personal name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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