Nettie Bell Boney

Brief Life History of Nettie Bell

When Nettie Bell Boney was born on 22 February 1889, in Alabama, United States, her father, W. Owen Boney, was 66 and her mother, Mary Hale, was 38. She married Alfred Luther Pippen on 21 November 1906, in Choctaw, Alabama, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died on 11 July 1918, in Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States, at the age of 29, and was buried in Melvin, Choctaw, Alabama, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Luther Pippen
1883–1952
Nettie Bell Boney
1889–1918
Marriage: 21 November 1906
Mary Vennie Pippen
1909–1991
Flora
Alfred Luther Pippin Jr
1917–1999

Sources (7)

  • Nettie B Boney in household of Owen Boney, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Nettie Boney, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
  • Nettie Bell Pippen, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1890 · Woman's Suffrage

An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Bunney . If originating from Sussex, the name may also be a variant of Bone in which the final weakly stressed -e has been pronounced [ɪ] or [i].

English: perhaps a nickname from Middle English boni ‘bony, big-boned’.

German: shortened form of Böning (see Boening ) or of its rare cognate Boning. This surname is very rare in Germany.

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

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