Dolly Ann Snell

Brief Life History of Dolly Ann

When Dolly Ann Snell was born on 20 November 1892, in Texas, United States, her father, William Wallace Snell, was 28 and her mother, Clementine Belle Underwood, was 24. She married Dorris Richard Rhodes on 1 November 1909, in Tamaulipas, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Midlothian, Ellis, Texas, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 1, Stephens, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 5 December 1968, in San Antonio, Bexar, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in DeSoto, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Dorris Richard Rhodes
1879–1951
Dolly Ann Snell
1892–1968
Marriage: 1 November 1909
Adell Rhodes
1910–1995
William Albert Rhodes
1913–2006
Leona Bell Rhodes
1915–2003
Martha Ellen Rhodes
1919–1996
Ruth Blanche Rhodes
1921–2009
Tincie Philis Rhodes
1922–1997
Dorris Richard Rhodes Jr
1924–1998
Charlie Rudolph Rhodes
1927–1992
Walter Lee Rhodes
1934–2011

Sources (19)

  • Dollie A Rhodes in household of Darris R Rhodes, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Dolly Ann Rhodes, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
  • Dollie A de Rhodes in entry for Albert Rhodes and Esther Lloyd, "Mexico, Tamaulipas, Civil Registration, 1800-2002"

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Name Meaning

English: nickname for a quick, lively, or courageous person, from Middle English snel(l) ‘swift, vivacious, brisk, bold’ (Old English snel(l), Old Norse snjallr). See also Sneller , Snelling .

English: from the Middle English personal name Snel(l) (Old English Snell, Old Norse Snjallr, with the same origins as the nickname above).

Americanized form of German Schnell ‘quick’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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