Etta Minnie Lindsey

Brief Life History of Etta Minnie

When Etta Minnie Lindsey was born on 3 January 1883, in Mississippi, United States, her father, William Monroe "Billy" Lindsey, was 21 and her mother, Susan Anne Zeigler, was 23. She married Henry Clay Hughes on 19 August 1902. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Beat 5, Amite, Mississippi, United States for about 50 years. She died on 6 June 1958, in Amite, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Gillsburg Cemetery, Gillsburg, Amite, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Henry Clay Hughes
1850–1923
Etta Minnie Lindsey
1883–1958
Marriage: 19 August 1902
Rev Daniel Hughes
1903–1973
Carmel Hughes
1904–1999
Midian Hughes
1906–1995
Shadrach Hughes Sr
1908–1993
Dalene Ruby Hughes
1911–1974
Damaris Hughes
1913–1981
Bethsaida Hughes
1916–
Joel Ezra Hughes
1918–1981
Joseph Lamon Hughes
1920–1951

Sources (15)

  • Etta Hughes, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Etta Hughes, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"
  • Etta M Lindsey Hughes, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1886

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1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

Name Meaning

Scottish: variant of Lindsay .

Irish: shortened and Anglicized form of various Gaelic surnames, as for example Ó Loingsigh (see Lynch 1), Mac Giolla Fhionntóg (see McClintock ), and Ó Fhloinn (see Flynn and Lynn ).

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

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