Hattie Bobo

Brief Life History of Hattie

When Hattie Bobo was born on 17 February 1891, in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Alexander Campbell Bobo Sr, was 42 and her mother, Ellen M. Sweatt, was 42. She married Marcus Lafayette McKee on 21 December 1911, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Civil District 1, Sumner, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Castalian Springs, Sumner, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 21 May 1981, in Sumner, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Gallatin, Sumner, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marcus Lafayette McKee
1891–1983
Hattie Bobo
1891–1981
Marriage: 21 December 1911
Julia Ellen McKee
1914–2001
Sara Elizabeth McKee
1915–1980
Mary C Mckee
1920–
Eveyln Mckee
1921–2021
Hallie M Mckee
1926–
Marcus L. Mckee Jr.
1929–2019

Sources (16)

  • Hattie McKee in household of Mark L McKee, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Hattie Bobo, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Hattie Bobo McKee, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"

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Name Meaning

Americanized form of French Baubeau or Beaubeau: nickname derived from Old French baube ‘stutterer, stammerer’, from Latin balbus ‘stammering’.

Americanized form of French Bourbeau .

Spanish: nickname from bobo ‘fool’, from Latin balbus ‘stammering’. This surname is also found in southern France (Pyrénées-Orientales).

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

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