Martha Luanie Pope

Brief Life History of Martha Luanie

When Martha Luanie Pope was born on 24 March 1900, in Princeton, Scott, Iowa, United States, her father, Fred B Pope, was 36 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Babbittz, was 20. She had at least 8 sons and 5 daughters with Alvin Stuart Johnston. She lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 23 July 1952, in North Platte, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Miriam Cemetery, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alvin Stuart Johnston
1893–1979
Martha Luanie Pope
1900–1952
Stewart Alvin Johnston
1918–1918
Nador Johnston
Elvie Florella Johnston
1920–2019
Joseph Johnston
1920–1951
Theodore Paul Johnston
1922–2002
Philip Ralph Johnston
1924–1940
Albert Lavern Johnston
1926–
Francis Leon Johnston
1927–1968
Ethel Johnston
1931–2006
Luania Elizabeth Johnston
1934–2012
Elmer Dean Johnston
1935–1936
Joan L Johnston
1937–2020
Joan Elaine Johnston
1937–2020

Sources (12)

  • Martha L Johnston in household of Alvin S Johnston, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Martha Luanie Pope Johnston, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Luania Johnston in entry for Ethel Johnston Rogers Plaster, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam

The Keokuk Dam was completed in 1913 and began to power the surrounding area. It was the largest single capacity powerhouse in the world at the time. After World War II, the powerhouse was modernized and all the units were converted in 2002. It remains the largest privately owned and operated dam on the Mississippi River.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English pope (derived via Old English from Late Latin papa ‘bishop, pope’, from Greek pappas ‘father’, in origin a nursery word.) In the early Christian Church, the Latin term was at first used as a title of respect for male clergy of every rank, but in the Western Church it gradually came to be restricted to bishops, and then only to the bishop of Rome; in the Eastern Church it continued to be used of all priests (see Popov , Papas ). The nickname would have been used for a vain or pompous man, or for someone who had played the part of the pope in a pageant or play. The surname is also present in Ireland and Scotland.

North German: variant of Poppe .

German: translation of Pabst .

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

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