Dollie Stout

Female11 February 1894–20 September 1918

Brief Life History of Dollie

When Dollie Stout was born on 11 February 1894, in Rexburg, Fremont, Idaho, United States, her father, Walter Kellan Stout, was 53 and her mother, Phoebe A Smith, was 44. She married Sidney Clifford Skelton on 25 August 1913, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 20 September 1918, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Rexburg Cemetery, Madison, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sidney Clifford Skelton
1893–1917
Dollie Stout
1894–1918
Marriage: 25 August 1913
Tressie Skelton
1915–1915

Sources (21)

  • Doskey Stout in household of Walter K Stout, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Dollie Stout, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • Dolly S. Caber, "Idaho Death Certificates, 1911-1937"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 August 1913Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (11)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 2

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 4

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

    Age 7

    President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

    Name Meaning

    English:

    nickname from Middle English stout ‘bold, daring, brave’ (Old French estolt, estout, Anglo-Norman French estut, estot, estout ‘bold, fierce, randy, stubborn’).

    perhaps occasionally a nickname from Middle English st(o)ut ‘gnat, horse-fly’ (Old English stūt, Old Norse stútr ‘gnat’), possibly used for someone with a biting tongue or for a small, quick-moving person.

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

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