Minnie May Green

Brief Life History of Minnie May

Minnie May Green was born in 1891, in West Virginia, United States. She married Willis Wilsie Belknap on 1 August 1913, in Boone, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Gassaway, Braxton, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years and Otter District, Braxton, West Virginia, United States in 1940.

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Family Time Line

Willis Wilsie Belknap
1885–1949
Minnie May Green
1891–
Marriage: 1 August 1913
Orvil Carl Belknap
1916–1981
Marie Belknap
1918–1966
Jaunita L Belknap
1922–
Lawrence Belknap Jr
1925–1968
Charles Eugene Belknap
1927–2000
Homer Willis Belknap
1929–2004

Sources (12)

  • May Belknap in household of Willis W Belknap, "United States Census, 1920"
  • N. M. Green, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Mannie May Belknapp in entry for Willis Wilsie Belknapp, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

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

Name Meaning

English: either a nickname for someone who was fond of dressing in this color (Old English grēne) or was young or immature, or who had played the part of the ‘Green Man’ in the May Day celebrations, or a topographic name for someone who lived near a village green (Middle English grene, a transferred use of the color term). This is one of the most common and widespread of English surnames. In North America it has assimilated cognates from other languages, notably German Grün (see Gruen ) and Dutch Groen ; compare 7 below. This surname is also very common among African Americans.

English: alternatively, from a Middle English personal name Grene.

Irish: adopted for Ó hUainín ‘descendant of Uainín’, a personal name from a pet form of uaine ‘green’, see Honan .

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

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