Anna Nita Shipman

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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Family Time Line

Perry Stephen Shipman
1850–1919
Martha M. Ward
1861–1950
Allis Shipman
1872–
Fanny Shipman
1873–
Mary Shipman
1877–
William Tucemseh Shipman
1880–1962
Leander Shipman
1880–1952
Samuel Mitchell Shipman
1883–
Ardelia Aroma Shipman
1885–1978
Addie Arminta Shipman
1887–1974
Kimsey King Shipman
1888–1962
Ora (Arrie) Shipman
1889–1944
Jane Lee Shipman
1893–1969
Anna Nita Shipman
1894–1981
Alice Shipman
1896–
Clarence Walter Shipman
1896–1989
Wesley Phillip Shipman
1899–1963
Shipman
1902–1902
Ulysses Garfield Shipman
1902–1979
Roselle E. Shipman
1904–1972

Sources (8)

  • 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"

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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