Brief Life History of John Tracy
When John Tracy Hollingsworth was born on 29 October 1919, in Palmetto, Pickens, Alabama, United States, his father, William Tracy Hollingsworth, was 34 and his mother, Ruby Ella Hammond, was 33. He married Jannie Ruth Wilkins on 19 August 1939. He lived in Election Precinct 2 Palmetto, Pickens, Alabama, United States in 1940. He died on 19 March 1957, at the age of 37.
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Sources (5)
- John T Hollingsworth in household of Tracy Hollingsworth, "United States Census, 1920"
- John T Hollingsworth, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- John Tracy Hollingsworth, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
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World Events (8)
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1920
Women are given the right to vote under the Nineteenth Amendment.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Hollingworth (Cheshire), Hollingworth in Butterworth (Lancashire), or possibly Hollinworth Head in Charlesworth (Derbyshire), from Old English holegn ‘holly’ + worth ‘enclosure’. The surname, which was taken to Ireland in the 17th century, has developed a variant with an unexplained medial -s- not noted in any of the placename forms.
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish name.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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