Researching Effie Newsome
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2153 people with the Newsome surname? In that year Newsome was ranked number 1748 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Effie means "Melodious talk" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Effie Newsome on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Effie Newsome and the Newsome Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 2474 people with the Newsome surname in the UK? Newsome is now ranked number 2071 for popularity in the UK. |
Newsome Genealogy Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 33421 people with the Newsome surname in the USA? Newsome is ranked number 146 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Effie Newsome
Effie Lee Newsome
Effie Lee Newsome (1885–1979), born Mary Effie Lee in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was a Harlem Renaissance writer. She mostly wrote children's poems, and was the first famous African-American poet whose work was mostly in this area. She edited a column in The Crisis from 1925 until 1929, called "The Little Page", where she made drawings and wrote poetry for children and parables about being young and black in the 1920s. Newsome also illustrated for children's magazines and edited children's columns for Opportunity.
She also wrote poems for adults, which were included in The Poetry of the Negro (1949). Her only volume of poetry was Gladiola Garden (1940).
In addition to her writing, she worked as a librarian at an elementary school in Wilberforce, Ohio. She attended Wilberforce University, Oberlin College, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the University of Pennsylvania.
Source: Effie Lee Newsome, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Newsome
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