When Della Virgie Skinner was born in June 1893, in West Virginia, United States, her father, Joseph Francis Skinner, was 25 and her mother, Effie May Riffle, was 20. She married Vincent Luther "David" Aylor on 24 May 1911, in Lewis, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1920 and Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1930. She died on 11 March 1975, in Orange, California, United States, at the age of 81.
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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.
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
English: occupational name for someone who stripped the hide from animals to be used in the production of fur garments, or to be tanned for leather, from Middle English skinner ‘skinner’, an agent derivative of Middle English skin(n) ‘hide, pelt’ (Old Norse skinn).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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