Brief Life History of Anna Nita
When Anna Nita Shipman was born in 1894, in Zirconia, Henderson, North Carolina, United States, her father, Perry Stephen Shipman, was 44 and her mother, Martha M. Ward, was 33. She lived in Green River Township, Henderson, North Carolina, United States for about 30 years. She died in 1981, in Hendersonville, Henderson, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Bartlett, Camden, North Carolina, United States.
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- Annie Shipman in household of Martha M Shipman, "United States Census, 1930"
- Annie N Shipman, "Find A Grave Index"
- Anna Nita Shipman, "North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000"
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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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a boatman or mariner, or perhaps for a boatbuilder, from Middle English schipman ‘ship man’.
English: occupational name for a shepherd, from Middle English schep, ship ‘sheep’ + -man.
Americanized form (translation into English) of Dutch Schepman or of its already extinct variant Schipman, cognates of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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