Brief Life History of Dora Bell
When Dora Bell Rooker was born on 22 February 1885, in Tennessee, United States, her father, Anderson D Rooker, was 24 and her mother, Buannavista Grissom, was 17. She married John Malcolm "Mack" Houchen on 8 March 1902, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States for about 5 years and Ratliffe Township, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. She died on 15 January 1972, in Hugo, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Hugo, Choctaw, Oklahoma, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Dora Rooker in household of Anderson D Rooker, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Dora B. Rooker - birth: 22 February 1886; Tennessee, United States
- Dora Bell Rooker, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
Spouse and Children
1873–1948 Male
1885–1972 Female
Children (6)
1903–1982 Female
1904–1987 Female
1905–1988 Female
1908–1985 Female
1910–1995 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1860–1928 Male
1867–1901 Female
Siblings (5)
1885–1972 Female
1887–1977 Female
1889–1964 Male
1889–1965 Male
1898–1968 Female
World Events (8)
1886
Age 1
1889
Age 4
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a spinner or a maker of distaffs, from an agent derivative of Middle English rok(ke) ‘distaff’ (see Rock ).
English: from an agent derivative of Middle English rok(ke) ‘rock’. The surname may be topographic, signifying someone who lived beside a prominent rock or rocky outcrop, or habitational, denoting someone who lived at a place so named. See Rock .
Dutch: metonymic occupational name for someone who smokes fish or meat.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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