Anna Mae Snell

Brief Life History of Anna Mae

When Anna Mae Snell was born on 4 June 1920, in Peckville, Blakely, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Michael Snell Sr., was 22 and her mother, Sarah Tartar, was 21. She married Robert Boyd Henderson Jr on 3 September 1938, in Elkton, Cecil, Maryland, United States. She died on 30 October 1962, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Boyd Henderson Jr
1900–1941
Anna Mae Snell
1920–1962
Marriage: 3 September 1938

Sources (3)

  • Anna Mae Snell Henderson, "Find a Grave Index"
  • Anna Mae in entry for Robert B. Henderson Jr., "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
  • Anna Mae Snell Henderson, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1923 · Amendment of Equal Rights

Is a proposed amendment to help guarantee equal legal rights for all citizens of the United States. Its main objective is to end legal distinctions between the two genders in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other legal matters. Even though it isn't the 28th Amendment yet, it has started conversations about the meaning of legal equality.

1932

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a quick, lively, or courageous person, from Middle English snel(l) ‘swift, vivacious, brisk, bold’ (Old English snel(l), Old Norse snjallr). See also Sneller , Snelling .

English: from the Middle English personal name Snel(l) (Old English Snell, Old Norse Snjallr, with the same origins as the nickname above).

Americanized form of German Schnell ‘quick’.

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

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