Ovid Minta Ferguson

Female13 January 1896–18 April 1978

Brief Life History of Ovid Minta

When Ovid Minta Ferguson was born on 13 January 1896, in Austin, Texas, United States, her father, Joseph William Willis Ferguson, was 24 and her mother, Mary Edna Wingate, was 18. She married Romie Rasor II on 14 April 1917. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Justice Precinct 3, Hays, Texas, United States for about 10 years and Austin, Travis, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 18 April 1978, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 82.

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Family Time Line

Romie Rasor II
1893–1980
Ovid Minta Ferguson
1896–1978
Marriage: 14 April 1917
Reginald William Rasor
1919–
Winston Girard Rasor
1919–1992

Sources (11)

  • Ovid F Rasor, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ovie Menta Ferguson, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Ovid Ferguson Menta Rasor, "Texas Deaths, 1977-1986"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 April 1917
  • Children (2)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 2

    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.

    1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

    Age 5

    "Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 22

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Fergus ‘son of Fearghus’ (see Fergus ) by substituting -son for mac-.

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

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