Hazel Allene Skaggs

Brief Life History of Hazel Allene

When Hazel Allene Skaggs was born on 6 March 1904, in Madison, Missouri, United States, her father, George Washington Skaggs, was 38 and her mother, Dahlia "Dollie" Alzonia Watts, was 26. She married Elmer Lindell Bess on 6 September 1923, in Flat River, St. Francois, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in St. Francois, St. Francois, Missouri, United States in 1930 and St. Francois, Missouri, United States in 1949. She died on 18 July 1970, in Flat River, St. Francois, Missouri, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Parkview Cemetery, Farmington, St. Francois, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elmer Lindell Bess
1907–1970
Hazel Allene Skaggs
1904–1970
Marriage: 6 September 1923
Lawanna Eilene Bess
1925–1970
Joanna Jacquilene Bess
1926–1991
Bobby Gene Bess
1930–2010
Richard Lee Bess
1946–2009

Sources (10)

  • Hozel Bess, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Hazel Skaggs, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Hazel Allene Skaggs Bess, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · Licencing Butchers

A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Skeggs, itself a variant, with post-medieval excrescent -s, of Skegg, a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English skegg ‘beard’ (Old Scandinavian skegg), for someone with a beard. Compare Scaggs .

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

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