Brief Life History of Anna May
When Anna May Skaggs was born on 26 May 1897, in Madison, Missouri, United States, her father, George Washington Skaggs, was 31 and her mother, Dahlia "Dollie" Alzonia Watts, was 19. She married Joseph Amos Courtois on 3 August 1915, in Fredericktown, Louisiana Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Detroit Ward 8, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States for about 5 years and United States in 1949. She died on 17 June 1950, in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Grand Lawn Cemetery, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States.
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- Anna M Courtois, "United States Census, 1950"
- Anna May Courtois, "Michigan, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"
- Anna May Courtois, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1904 · Belle Isle Aquarium
The Belle Isle Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Belle Isle Park in Detroit. It opened on August 18, 1904, and was the oldest continually operating public aquarium in North America when it closed on April 3, 2005. The aquarium reopened to the public on August 18, 2012, and is now run entirely by volunteers
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Skeggs, itself a variant, with post-medieval excrescent -s, of Skegg, a nickname from an unrecorded Middle English skegg ‘beard’ (Old Scandinavian skegg), for someone with a beard. Compare Scaggs .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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