Brief Life History of Dessie Elizabeth
When Dessie Elizabeth Childers was born on 23 November 1888, in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, United States, her father, William Arthur Childers, was 45 and her mother, Virginia Elizabeth Conner Pool, was 32. She married John William Golightly on 21 January 1909, in Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Rural, Waupaca, Wisconsin, United States in 1935 and Beat 3, Tate, Mississippi, United States in 1940. She died on 20 September 1966, in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Coldwater, Tate, Mississippi, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Dessie Golightly, "United States Census, 1940"
- Mrs Dessée Golighlty in entry for Mr Jesse Moore, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
- Dessie Golightly, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1873–1929 Male
1888–1966 Female
Children (7)
1908–1927 Male
1910–1985 Female
1911–2000 Male
1914–1976 Male
1920–2010 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1843–1906 Male
1856–1935 Female
Siblings (6)
1881–1957 Male
1884–1969 Female
1886–1960 Female
1888–1966 Female
1891–1956 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 2
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
Age 19
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 21
Name Meaning
English: probably a habitational name from some lost place called Childerhouse, from Old English cildra, genitive plural of cild ‘child’ + hūs ‘house’. This may have referred to some form of orphanage perhaps run by a religious order, or perhaps the first element is to be understood in its later sense as a term of status (see Child ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Letters written by Dessie Elizabeth Childers
LETTERS WRITTEN BY DESSIE CHILDERS GOLIGHTLY Partial letter written by Dessie Childers Golightly - no date . . . would be pretty a few days - I have some clothes in soaking to wash tomorrow -started …
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