Wilma Lucille Dean

Female28 November 1911–7 January 1985

Brief Life History of Wilma Lucille

Wilma Lucille Dean was born on 28 November 1911, in Hancock, Mississippi, United States as the daughter of Edward E Dean and Emma Smith. She married Ernest Isaac Russ about 1930, in Hancock, Mississippi, United States. She lived in Beat 4, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States in 1940 and Mobile, Mobile, Alabama, United States in 1950. She died on 7 January 1985, at the age of 73, and was buried in New Palestine Cemetery, Picayune, Pearl River, Mississippi, United States.

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Ernest Isaac Russ
1909–1989
Wilma Lucille Dean
1911–1985
Marriage: about 1930

Sources (6)

  • Lucille Russ, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Wilma Lucille Dean Russ, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Wilma Lucille Dean in entry for Ernest Lamar Russ and Loretta Gossett Davis, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1930Hancock, Mississippi, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (1)

    World Events (8)

    1912 · The Girl Scouts

    Age 1

    Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

    1916 · Mississippi State Sanatorium for TB is Established

    Age 5

    The Mississippi State Sanatorium is a hospital used for tuberculosis patients. This lasted from 1918 to the 1950s. The Sanatorium has now been turned into a museum.

    1931

    Age 20

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name from Middle English dene ‘valley’ (Old English denu), or a habitational name from any of several places in various parts of England named Dean or Dene from this word.

    English: nickname or occupational name for the servant of a dean or nickname for someone thought to resemble a dean. A dean was an ecclesiastical official, the head of a chapter of canons or a church official with jurisdiction over a sub-division of an archdeaconry. Though no doubt some deans had illegitimate children, they were officially celibate, and in the main the surname is probably a nickname in origin, similar to Bishop , Prior , Priest , and Monk . The Middle English word deen, dien, dein, is a borrowing of Old French d(e)ien, doien from Latin decanus (originally a leader of ten men, from decem ‘ten’), and thus is a cognate of Deacon .

    English: from the Middle English personal name Deyne (or Dene) a rhyming pet form of Reynald (see Reginald ).

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

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