Flora Earline Hayes

Brief Life History of Flora Earline

When Flora Earline Hayes was born about 1896, in Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States, her father, Rueben Hayes, was 43 and her mother, Jackson Ann Matilda Windham, was 34. She lived in Beat 3, Jones, Mississippi, United States in 1920. She died before 2006.

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Family Time Line

Rueben Hayes
1854–1921
Jackson Ann Matilda Windham
1863–1944
William Jackson Hayes
1885–1961
William J. Hayes
1889–1999
George W. Hayes
1891–2001
Charlie C. Hayes
1892–1983
James O. Hayes
1893–2003
Flora Earline Hayes
about 1896–before 2006
Jessie Marvin Hayes
1886–1947
Eula Mae Hayes
1888–1954
Mattie Pearl Hayes
1891–2005
John W. Hayes
1894–2004
Evline F Hayes
1901–
John Warner Hayes
1904–1973

Sources (3)

  • Earlene Hayes, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Flora Earline Hayes - birth: about 1896; Laurel, Jones, Mississippi, United States
  • Legacy NFS Source: Flora Earline Hayes - Published information: birth-name: Flora Earline Hayes

World Events (8)

about 1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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.

1925 · B.B. King is Born

B.B. King was born on September 16, 1925, in Itta Bean, Mississippi. He was a famous American blues singer, electric guitarist, and record producer. In 1987, he inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Name Meaning

Irish (Cork): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hAodha ‘descendant of Aodh’, a personal name meaning ‘fire’. Compare McCoy . In some cases especially in County Wexford, the surname is of English origin (see below), having been taken to Ireland by the Normans.

English: variant of Hay , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English: topographic name from the plural form of Middle English hay(e), heye, heghe ‘enclosure’ (see Hay ), sometimes used as a collective noun for a farm, especially in Devon, where it is a frequent minor placename. Compare Hain .

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

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