Brief Life History of Stella
When Stella Digman was born on 5 January 1890, in Elkins, Randolph, West Virginia, United States, her father, George W. Digman, was 43 and her mother, Amanda J. Hill, was 43. She married William Richard Corley in 1909, in Randolph, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Glade District, Barbour, West Virginia, United States in 1940 and Barker District, Barbour, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died on 3 June 1963, in Randolph, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Israel Church Cemetery, Kerens, Randolph, West Virginia, United States.
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- Stella Digman in household of T W Jones, "United States Census, 1940"
- Stella Digman, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
- Stella Digman Harris, "Find A Grave Index"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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1898 · War with the Spanish
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Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): variant of Dickman .
Americanized form of Danish Digmann: either a topographic name, from dik ‘dike’ + man ‘man’, or a nickname for a stout man, from dik ‘fat’ + man ‘man’.
Americanized form of German Digmann: variant of Dieckmann .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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