Brief Life History of Cannie Mae
When Cannie Mae Skipper was born on 15 June 1896, in Dothan, Houston, Alabama, United States, her father, Benjamin Wesley Leonard Skipper, was 21 and her mother, Lela Gertrude Bonner, was 18. She married Marcus Colbert Dean on 30 January 1916, in Graceville, Jackson, Florida, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Taylor, Houston, Alabama, United States in 1930 and Election Precinct 4 Piney Grove and Taylor, Houston, Alabama, United States in 1940. She died on 11 September 1974, in Dothan, Houston, Alabama, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Dothan, Houston, Alabama, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (16)
- Cannie M Dean, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Cannie Mae Skipper - Government record: birth: 1897; Alabama, United States
- Cannie Mae Dean, "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974"
Spouse and Children
1896–1967 Male
1896–1974 Female
Children (4)
1916–1966 Female
1919–1993 Male
1921–1921 Female
1933–2016 Female
Parents and Siblings
1874–1976 Male
1878–1934 Female
Siblings (6)
1896–1974 Female
1898–1898 Male
1899–1899 Male
1900–1980 Male
1903–1989 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 2
1903
Age 7
1917
Age 21
Name Meaning
English (Norfolk):
occupational name from Middle English skepper, skipper ‘basket maker’, an agent derivative of Middle English skipp(e), skepp(e) ‘basket, hamper’ (Old Norse skeppa).
more rarely, an occupational name from Middle English skypper ‘skipper, master of a ship’ (Middle Low German, Middle Dutch schipper).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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