Brief Life History of Carrie Myrtle
When Carrie Myrtle Power was born on 24 October 1873, in Arbela, Scotland, Missouri, United States, her father, Thomas Harvey Power, was 35 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Glotfelty, was 34. She married Warwick Crittendon Girvin in 1893. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 17 October 1897, in her hometown, at the age of 23.
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- Carrie Powers in household of Thomas H Powers, "United States Census, 1880"
- Ancestry Family Trees
- 1910 United States Federal Census
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World Events (7)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (of Norman origin): ethnic or habitational name from Old French Pohier, Poer, Middle English Po(u)er, Power ‘native of the Pays de Poix’ (Picardy). This is one of the most common surnames in Ireland.
English: nickname for a poor man, or ironically for a miser, from Middle English povre, poure ‘poor’ (from Latin pauper). Compare Poor .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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