Brief Life History of Fay
When Fay Fossett was born in 1924, in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States, her father, Azzie Franklin Fossett, was 24 and her mother, Lucille Gilbert, was 21. She lived in Attalla, Etowah, Alabama, United States for about 20 years. She died in 1989, in Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, East Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Fay Polk, "United States 1950 Census"
- Original Marriage Certificate
- Fay Fossett in entry for Robert Sager and Joyce Epps, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
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.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Fawcett .
English (of Norman origin): variant of Fozard, from the Old French personal name Fossard.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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