Minnie Alice Deter

Brief Life History of Minnie Alice

When Minnie Alice Deter was born on 25 June 1880, in Table Rock Judicial Township, Siskiyou, California, United States, her father, George Washington Deter, was 34 and her mother, Philena Elizabeth Burr, was 30. She married John Robertous Copeland on 30 November 1902, in Montague, Siskiyou, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She died on 25 December 1961, in Yreka, Siskiyou, California, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Little Shasta Cemetery, Montague, Siskiyou, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Robertous Copeland
1881–1925
Minnie Alice Deter
1880–1961
Marriage: 30 November 1902
Shirley Alice Copeland
1905–1995
Ethel Roberta Copeland
1912–1937

Sources (9)

  • Minnie Copeland in household of John R Copeland, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Minnie Alice Deter Copeland, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Minnie Deter in entry for Edward D Andrews and Shirley A Copeland, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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1902 · So Much Farm Land

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Name Meaning

North German: from the personal name Detert, which is a shortened form of Dethard, from an old personal name composed of Old Saxon thioda ‘people, race’ + hard ‘strong’. Compare Teter .

Posibly also an Americanized form of German Dieter .

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

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