Flossie Idell Bolton

Brief Life History of Flossie Idell

When Flossie Idell Bolton was born on 16 August 1915, in Rutherfordton, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States, her father, Joseph Henry Bolton, was 47 and her mother, Louvenia Anne Beheler, was 35. She married Ira Palmer Allen on 6 November 1937, in Gaffney, Cherokee, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Cherokee, South Carolina, United States in 1920 and Township 3 Rippys, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 16 November 1999, in Cleveland, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery, Shelby, Cleveland, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Palmer Allen
1916–1982
Flossie Idell Bolton
1915–1999
Marriage: 6 November 1937
William Larry "Bud" Allen
1940–1997
Robert Palmer Allen
1942–1942
Hall Thomas Allen
1944–1944
Linda Kay Allen
1945–2014

Sources (33)

  • Flossie Allen in household of Palmer Allen, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Flossie Bolton, "South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951"
  • Flossie Bolton Allen, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1916 · Anthony Crawford Lynched

South Carolina native, father to 13 children, and a local farmer, Anthony Crawford, is lynched on October 21, 1916, in Abbeyville, South Carolina. The lynching is followed after Crawford has an arguement with a white storekeeper.

1937 · The Neutrality Act

The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of numerous places in northern England named Bolton (Lancashire, Northumberland, Westmorland, and Yorkshire) or from Boulton in Derbyshire and East Lothian in Scotland, from Old English bothl ‘dwelling, house’ (see Bold 1) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

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