Stella Digman

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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Family Time Line

William Richard Corley
1884–1928
Stella Digman
1890–1963
Marriage: 1909
Beulah Virginia Corley
1913–1966
Thomas George Corley
1915–1992
Elizabeth Amanda Corley
1918–1989
Anita Pearl Corley
1921–2001
William Henry Corley
1923–2000
Eugene Franklin Corley
1926–1930

Sources (13)

  • 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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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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