Ethel B. Moore

Female10 December 1920–23 March 2003

Brief Life History of Ethel B.

Ethel B. Moore was born on 10 December 1920, in Arkansas, United States. She married Willie James Johnson on 30 April 1934, in Arkansas, United States. She lived in Crittenden, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Proctor Township, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States in 1940. She died on 23 March 2003, in West Memphis, Crittenden, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 82.

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Willie James Johnson
1914–2003
Ethel B. Moore
1920–2003
Marriage: 30 April 1934

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  • Ethel B Johnson, "United States Census, 1940"

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  • Marriage
    30 April 1934Arkansas, United States
  • World Events (8)

    1922 · The First Radio Station WOK Begins Broadcasting

    Age 2

    In 1922, Harvey C. Couch Sr. started WOK the first radio station in Arkansas. After a trip to Pittsburgh and the KDKA radio he came up with the idea for Workers of Killowatts (WOK). WOK had no commercials which was nice for the listeners.

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 3

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    1942 · The Japanese American internment

    Age 22

    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: from Middle English more ‘moor, marsh, fen’ (Old English mōr), hence a topographic name for someone who lived in such a place, or a habitational name from any of various places called with this word, as for example Moore in Cheshire or More in Shropshire.

    English (of Norman origin): ethnic name from Old French more ‘Moor’, either someone from North Africa or, more often, a nickname for someone thought to resemble a Moor. Compare Morrell and Moreau .

    English (of Norman origin): from the Middle English personal name More (Old French More, Maur, Latin Maurus), originally denoting either ‘Moor’ or someone with a swarthy complexion (compare Morrell , Morrin , Morris , and sense 2 above). There was a 6th-century Christian saint of this name.

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

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