Lillie Pearl James

Brief Life History of Lillie Pearl

When Lillie Pearl James was born on 31 August 1893, in Alabama, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson James, was 49 and her mother, Martha Ann Mattie Britnel, was 35. She lived in Election Precinct 8 Srygley, Colbert, Alabama, United States in 1900. She died on 3 February 1970, in Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Florence Cemetery, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Andrew Jackson James
1844–1902
Martha Ann Mattie Britnel
1858–1925
Arthur Lee Cleveland James
1886–1949
Nora H James
1887–1903
Elmer D. James
1889–1889
Eugene Berdine James
1890–1952
Cynthia E. James
1891–1965
Willie Arrory James
1893–1915
Lillie Pearl James
1893–1970
Elias Hugh James
1895–1956
Edward Newman James
1901–1982

Sources (4)

  • Lillie James in household of Mattie James, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Lillie Pearl James, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
  • Lillie James in household of Andrew James, "United States Census, 1900"

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Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .

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

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