Willie D. Hoover

Brief Life History of Willie D.

When Willie D. Hoover was born on 15 March 1892, in Mississippi, United States, her father, Samuel D. Hoover, was 30 and her mother, Florence P. Benton, was 22. She married Verge Mann on 28 October 1909, in Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Beat 5, Carroll, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Charleston, Tallahatchie, Mississippi, United States in 1930. She died on 27 August 1959, in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Mizpah Cemetery, Durant, Holmes, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Verge Mann
1885–1984
Willie D. Hoover
1892–1959
Marriage: 28 October 1909
Ruth Mann
1913–
Willie Mae Mann
1915–1997
Virgil Dorsey Mann
1917–1998

Sources (8)

  • Willie Mown in household of Virgil Mown, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Willie Mann Hoover Lansdale, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Willie Mann in entry for Claude Landsdale, "Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979"

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Name Meaning

Americanized form of Swiss German and German Huber .

Americanized form of Finnish Huovinen: from huovi ‘soldier, horseman’ + the surname suffix -nen.

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

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