Laura Adkins
1903–1999 (Age 96)
Butler, Kentucky, United States
The Life of Laura
Laura Adkins was born in 1903, in Butler, Kentucky, United States. She died on 31 January 1999, at the age of 96.
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Family Time Line
Laura Adkins
1903–1999
Hiram Lamar
1899–1997
Spouse & Children
1903–1999Female
1899–1997Male
World Events (8)
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
Age 0
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
1904 · The Black Patch War
Age 1
From 1904-1909, the Black Patch War took place. This was a war between about 30 counties in southwestern Kentucky and northwestern Tennessee. The war was mostly over the Dark Fired Tobacco that was produced in the area during this time.
1929
Age 26
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Adkin, a pet form of Adam that was in use particularly in the English Midlands, + patronymic -s. Compare Atkins .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
Laura Adkins Lamarr, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
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