Brief Life History of Ira John
When Ira John Myers was born on 16 October 1890, in Atwater, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Edwin Marcus Myers, was 25 and his mother, Ida M Shilliday, was 22. He married Cora Birdelle Seibert on 7 November 1925, in Manchester, Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Franklin Township, Summit, Ohio, United States in 1940 and Summit, Ohio, United States in 1972. He died on 4 February 1972, in Akron, Summit, Ohio, United States, at the age of 81.
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Sources (15)
- Ira Myers, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ira John Myres, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Ira J Myers, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
Spouse and Children
1890–1972 Male
1901–1967 Female
Children (3)
1926–2005 Male
1927–2009 Female
1929–2018 Female
Parents and Siblings
1864–1946 Male
1868–1922 Female
Siblings (4)
1890–1972 Male
1902–1902 Male
1906–1933 Male
1907–1986 Male
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 6
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 8
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 22
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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