Anita Mae Wilkerson

Brief Life History of Anita Mae

When Anita Mae Wilkerson was born on 27 December 1918, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Luther Samuel Wilkerson, was 30 and her mother, Margaret Maria Ryder, was 25. She lived in Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. She died on 24 May 1948, at the age of 29.

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Family Time Line

Luther Samuel Wilkerson
1888–
Margaret Maria Ryder
1893–
Luther Wilkerson
1911–
Glen Durwood Wilkerson
1913–1952
Anita Mae Wilkerson
1918–1948
Maxine Margaret Wilkerson
1921–1989

Sources (3)

  • Anita M Wilkerson, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Aneta Wilkerson, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Anita Wilkerson in household of Luther Wilkerson, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1921 · Tulsa Race Massacre

 By 1921, Tulsa was a booming city with a population of over one hundred thousand, with ten thousand African Americans in the Greenwood District. Crime rates in Tulsa soared and vigilantism was present. An incident occurred with Dick Rowland, an African American shoe shiner, and Sara Page, a white elevator operator. Reports claim Rowland stepped on Page’s foot and she let out a scream. The newspaper reported Rowland attempted to rape Page. Rowland was arrested and white vigilantes demanded the sheriff to hand over Rowland for lynching. An armed group of African American men went to the courthouse to aid in protecting Rowland from the mob. The group was turned away and a shot was fired between the white and African American groups, which ignited a riot. While buildings in Tulsa were burned, a major effort by whites focused mainly on the Greenwood District which was burned to the ground and many were shot. Over 30 people were killed and many were injured in the riots. 

1927

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

Name Meaning

English (East Anglia and South East Midlands): from Middle English Wilkeson, a shortened form of Wilkinson , ‘son of Wilkin or young William’. The -r- is intrusive.

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

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