Brief Life History of Bessie Minerva
When Bessie Minerva Selby was born in September 1880, her father, Henry Elwood Selby, was 28 and her mother, Minerva Ricketts, was 25. She married John Thomas Ricketts in August 1902, in Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in District 9, Montgomery, Maryland, United States in 1910 and Montgomery, Maryland, United States in 1920. She died on 5 August 1920, in Derwood, Montgomery, Maryland, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Gaithersburg, Montgomery, Maryland, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (6)
- B M Richetts in household of J T Richetts, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Bessie M. Selby - Published information: birth-name: Bessie M. Selby
- Bessie M Selby in entry for Florence Easton Coston, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1876–1953 Male
1880–1920 Female
Children (6)
1905–1951 Female
1906–1977 Male
1908–1910 Female
1911–1960 Male
1916–1965 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1852–1922 Male
1855–1951 Female
Siblings (7)
1880–1920 Female
1887– Female
1889– Female
1890– Female
1892– Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1883
Age 3
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 16
Name Meaning
English (Nottinghamshire) and Scottish: habitational name from Selby (Yorkshire). The placename may derive from Old English sele ‘willow copse’, sometimes alternating with salh ‘willow’, + Old Norse bȳ ‘farmstead, village’.
Americanized form of some similar (like-sounding) Jewish surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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