Billie Kate Atwell

Female19 April 1925–10 February 1988

Brief Life History of Billie Kate

When Billie Kate Atwell was born on 19 April 1925, in Texas, United States, her father, Henry Hubbard Atwell, was 31 and her mother, Mattie May Kyker, was 24. She married Claude William McKee on 5 October 1943, in Madill, Marshall, Oklahoma, United States. She lived in Justice Precinct 8, Stephens, Texas, United States in 1930. She died on 10 February 1988, in Wharton, Texas, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Wharton, Wharton, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Claude William McKee
1920–2002
Billie Kate Atwell
1925–1988
Marriage: 5 October 1943

Sources (7)

  • Billie K Atwell in household of Henry H Atwell, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Billie Kate Outwell, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
  • Billie Kate Clark, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"

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  • Marriage
    5 October 1943Madill, Marshall, Oklahoma, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1927

    Age 2

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

    Age 4

    Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

    1942 · The Japanese American internment

    Age 17

    Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name from Middle English atte welle (Old English at thǣre wielle) ‘by the spring or well’. Compare Attwell , Tuell , and Well .

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

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