Brief Life History of Nellie
When Nellie Tanner was born on 22 October 1901, in White, Georgia, United States, her father, Jefferson Davis Tanner, was 39 and her mother, Almarine Alma McNabb, was 36. She married Jesse Williams on 23 March 1919, in White, Georgia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in McCreary, Kentucky, United States in 1930. She died on 29 April 1983, in Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Hamblen Memory Gardens, Morristown, Hamblen, Tennessee, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Nillie Tanner in entry for J.c Williams, "North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922"
- Nellie Williams in household of Jesse Williams, "United States Census, 1930"
- Nellie Tanner in entry for Amos E Collins and Thelma Williams, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
Spouse and Children
1900–1977 Male
1901–1983 Female
Children (4)
1921– Male
1922– Male
1924– Female
1926– Female
Parents and Siblings
1862–1902 Male
1865– Female
Siblings (6)
1890–1965 Male
1893–1976 Female
1893–1982 Female
1895–1936 Female
1899–1983 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 1
1904 · The Black Patch War
Age 3
1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
Age 25
Name Meaning
English (southern) and Dutch: occupational name for a tanner of skins, Middle English tanner, Middle Dutch taenre. The Middle English form derives from Old English tannere, from Late Latin tannarius, reinforced by Old French taneor, from Late Latin tannator; both Late Latin forms derive from a verb tannare, possibly from a Celtic word for the oak, whose bark was used in the process.
German: topographic name from Middle High German tan ‘woods, pine forest’ for someone who lived near such terrain.
German: habitational name for someone from any of several places called Tanne (in the Harz Mountains, Bavaria, East Prussia, Switzerland) or Tann (Hesse, Bavaria), Thann (Bavaria, Austria, Alsace), Tannen (southern Germany, Switzerland), Thannen (Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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