Brief Life History of Mary Belle
When Mary Belle Knapp was born on 19 February 1891, in Lake Pleasant, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Orlando Lorraine Knapp, was 44 and her mother, LoDema Debora Kent, was 40. She married George Lee Ottaway on 25 February 1914, in Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Union Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 5 June 1986, in Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 95, and was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, Erie, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Bell M Ottoway in household of George L Ottoway, "United States Census, 1930"
- Belle Knapp in entry for Ronald L. Ottaway and Helen C. Stolz, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Belle Ottoway in household of George L Ottoway, "United States Census, 1920"
Spouse and Children
1890–1982 Male
1891–1986 Female
Children (1)
1923–1989 Male
Parents and Siblings
1846–1926 Male
1850–1938 Female
Siblings (9)
1872–1954 Female
1873–1936 Female
1874–1946 Male
1880–1948 Male
1880–1952 Female
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
1905 · The Movie Theater
Age 14
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 25
Name Meaning
German: occupational or status name from the German word Knapp(e), a variant of Knabe ‘young unmarried man’. In the 15th century this spelling acquired the separate, specialized meanings ‘servant, apprentice’, and ‘miner’. This surname is also found elsewhere in central Europe, e.g. in Czechia and Slovakia, where it is more commonly spelled Knap (compare 3 below).
German: in Franconia, a nickname for a dexterous or skillful person, of the same ultimate origin as 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Polish, Czech, Slovak, Rusyn, and Slovenian Knap , a surname of ultimately German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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