Brief Life History of Anna
When Anna Thabes was born on 6 August 1865, in Missouri, United States, her father, Ludwig 'Louis' Thoebes, was 30 and her mother, Catherine Zimmermann, was 26. She married Dwight A. Potter about 1890, in Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Albert Lea, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States in 1940. She died on 18 May 1957, in Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Sunset and Kapala Glodek Funeral Home and Sunset Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States.
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- Annie Thabes in household of Louis Thabes, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
- Anna M Potter, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anna Potter in entry for Dwight A Potter, "Minnesota, Death Records and Certificates, 1900-1955"
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1870
Historical Boundaries: 1870: Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States
1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota
After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.
1891
Sunset Funeral Home and Sunset Cemetery opened in 1922, however earliest dated memorial in Find A Grave: Clayton Noyes BIRTH 14 May 1885, El Paso, Pierce County, Wisconsin, USA DEATH 30 Nov 1891 (aged 6), Wisconsin, USA BURIAL Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA PLOT Block 12 MEMORIAL ID 126674794
Name Meaning
Arabic: from a personal name based on thābit ‘firm, constant, well established’. Bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. Compare Sabet , Tabet , and Tabit .
Jewish (from North Africa): from the same Arabic word as 1 above, either a nickname or a personal name (used in the Middle Ages by Jews, too).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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