Brief Life History of Gordon Livingston
When Gordon Livingston Weaver was born on 16 July 1915, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, his father, Richard Winfield Weaver, was 46 and his mother, Alice Florence Ola Hamrick, was 38. He had at least 1 son with Mary Jane Lanier. He lived in Kings Mountain, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 30 October 1988, in North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States.
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- Gordon Weaver, "United States Census, 1940"
- Gordon Livingston Weaver, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Gordon Livingston Weaver, "North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).
English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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