Brief Life History of Rebecca
When Rebecca Cable was born on 14 July 1909, in Graham, North Carolina, United States, her father, Jacob Francis Cable, was 41 and her mother, Harriet Ingledove Pilkington, was 30. She lived in Yellow Creek, Graham, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 13 October 1994, in Robbinsville, Graham, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Lauada Cemetery, Bryson City, Swain, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Rebecca Cable in household of Jake Cable, "United States Census, 1920"
- Rebecca C Shuler, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Rebecca Cable in household of Jacob Cable, "United States Census, 1910"
Parents and Siblings
1867–1932 Male
1878–1958 Female
Siblings (3)
1907–1977 Male
1908– Male
1909–1994 Female
World Events (8)
1910 · The BSA is Made
Age 1
1918 · Fort Bragg Established
Age 9
1932
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: probably from the personal name Kabell', which may be a survival of Anglo-Saxon Ceadbeald, a compound of an originally Brittonic element cad ‘battle’ + Old English beald ‘brave, bold’.
English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope, especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from Middle English cable ‘cable’ (from Late Latin capulum ‘halter’, a word of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with Latin capere ‘to seize’).
English: metonymic occupational name for a horseman, from Middle English cabal ‘horse’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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