Brief Life History of Mary Esther
When Mary Esther Stout was born on 20 October 1895, in Kansas, United States, her father, James Madison Stout, was 48 and her mother, Amanda Della Walters, was 38. She married Ward C Skiff on 16 September 1915. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Fowler, Otero, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Gypsum, Eagle, Colorado, United States in 1920. She died in March 1983, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Cedar Hill Memorial Cemetery, Gypsum, Eagle, Colorado, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Mary Esther Skiff in household of Ward Skiff, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mayme Stout, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
- Mamie E Stout in household of James Stout, "United States Census, 1900"
Spouse and Children
1884–1964 Male
1895–1983 Female
Children (2)
1919–1987 Male
1924–1993 Female
Parents and Siblings
1847– Male
1857–1930 Female
Siblings (7)
1879–1932 Female
1881–1962 Male
1884–1969 Male
1886–1975 Male
1891–1973 Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 1
1901 · City Hall Built
Age 6
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 23
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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