Brief Life History of Tommie Lula
When Tommie Lula Wiggins was born on 8 July 1888, in Mississippi, United States, her father, Dr Josiah Choice Wiggins, was 34 and her mother, Alice E Lamb, was 24. She married Robert Everett Kemp about 1905. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Moorhead, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States in 1930 and Beat 2, Sunflower, Mississippi, United States in 1940. She died in February 1976, at the age of 87, and was buried in Old Union Cemetery, Carrollton, Carroll, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Lula Kemp, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lula Wiggins Kemp, "Find A Grave Index"
- Tommie L Wiggins in entry for Alice Greer Perry, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): variant of Wiggin with the addition of genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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