Mary Anne Okins

Brief Life History of Mary Anne

When Mary Anne Okins was born on 31 July 1877, in Minnesota, United States, her father, James Porter Okins, was 31 and her mother, Sophia Daniels Churchill, was 23. She married James Robert Bell on 5 June 1901, in Redwood Falls, Redwood, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Bandon Township, Renville, Minnesota, United States in 1885 and Sacred Heart Township, Renville, Minnesota, United States in 1895. She died on 6 August 1960, in Redwood Falls, Redwood, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Redwood Falls Cemetery, Redwood Falls, Redwood, Minnesota, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Robert Bell
1877–1954
Mary Anne Okins
1877–1960
Marriage: 5 June 1901
Dennis Basel Bell
1903–1986
Leonard Newton Bell
1906–1973
Ethel Rose Bell
1908–1966
Hazel Laverne Bell
1910–
Esther Irene Bell
1912–1998

Sources (20)

  • Mary Okins in household of James P Okins, "Minnesota State Census, 1885"
  • Mary A Okins, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"
  • Mary Ann Okins Bell, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1884 · Iron Mining starts in Minnesota

After discovering iron ore in the Vermilion Range in North-East of Minnesota, iron mining companies began to come to the area and caused an economic boom to the area of Duluth and to the state as a whole.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Atkins .

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

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