Brief Life History of Almira Senora
When Almira Senora Carroll was born on 29 November 1873, in Taylor, West Virginia, United States, her father, Philip Carroll, was 35 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Utterback, was 35. She married William Leonard Peters on 24 December 1896, in Taylor, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Fetterman District, Taylor, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Fetterman, Taylor, West Virginia, United States for about 20 years. She died on 25 February 1952, in Grafton, Taylor, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Woodsdale Cemetery, Pruntytown, Taylor, West Virginia, United States.
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- Almira C Peters in household of Lemuel Peters, "United States Census, 1900"
- Alice Carroll, "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971"
- Allie, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
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.
Name Meaning
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Cearbhaill or Mac Cearbhaill ‘descendant (or son) of Cearbhall’, a personal name perhaps based on cearbh ‘hacking’ and hence originally a byname for a butcher or a fierce warrior.
English and Scottish: variant of Carrell .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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