Dollie Irene Casteel

Brief Life History of Dollie Irene

When Dollie Irene Casteel was born on 31 December 1899, in Tennessee, United States, her father, John R Casteel, was 57 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Casteel, was 41. She married Melvin Douglas Cooter on 13 December 1915, in Greene, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Greene, Tennessee, United States in 1935 and Township 2 Laurel, Madison, North Carolina, United States in 1940. She died on 20 May 1963, in Greeneville, Greene, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 63.

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Family Time Line

Melvin Douglas Cooter
1897–1949
Dollie Irene Casteel
1899–1963
Marriage: 13 December 1915
Kathleen Cooter
1918–1931
Luther William Cooter
1923–1985
Melvin Edward Cooter
1926–1928

Sources (14)

  • Dollie Cooter in household of Melvin Cooter, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Dollie Casteel, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Dollie Irene Cooter, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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Name Meaning

Altered form of mainly northern French Ducastel: topographic name, with fused preposition and definite article du ‘from the’, from Picard castel, Old French chastel ‘castle’ (see Castel 5, compare 2 below); or a habitational name for someone from any of several places called Le Castel. Compare Castile .

Dutch: from kasteel ‘castle’, hence a topographic name or a metonymic occupational name for someone who lived or worked in a castle.

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

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