Brief Life History of Josephine
When Josephine Woodall was born on 21 September 1873, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, her father, Rev William Alexander Woodall, was 46 and her mother, Martha E. Thaxton, was 30. She married Jacob Judah Humphreys on 9 May 1891, in Kanawha City, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Elk, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Elk District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 17 April 1963, in Scott Depot, Putnam, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.
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- Josephine F Humphreys in household of Elmer C Jones, "United States Census, 1940"
- Josephine Humphreys, "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999"
- Josephine Woodall in entry for Harriet E Humphreys, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1898 · War with the Spanish
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.
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Midlands): from Middle English wode ‘wood’ + halle ‘hall’ (Old English wudu + hall). The surname may be topographic, for a person who lived at a hall in a wood, or habitational, from one of the many places so named, such as Woodhall (Lincolnshire), Woodhall Farm in Wichenford (Worcestershire), Wood Hall in Risley (Derbyshire), Woodhall in Calverley (Yorkshire), or Woodall in Harthill (Yorkshire).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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