Brief Life History of Mattie
When Mattie Russell was born on 15 October 1894, in Athens, Clarke, Georgia, United States, her father, Henry Russell, was 45 and her mother, Laura Crowder, was 43. She died on 25 July 1956, in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Winston-Salem, Forsyth, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- Mattie Phoenix in household of Robert Phoenix, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mattie Russell Phoenix, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mattie Phoenix in entry for Robert Phoenix, "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
Spouse and Children
1905–1941 Male
1894–1956 Female
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
Age 3
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 18
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.
English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.
Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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