When Myruma McNeal was born on 12 February 1896, in El Paso, Pierce, Wisconsin, United States, her father, Fremont McNeal, was 32 and her mother, Francis Theresa Knapp, was 26. She married Wallace George Lafferty on 24 August 1914. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Florence Township, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Central Point Township, Goodhue, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. She died on 11 January 1988, in Lake City, Wabasha, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 91.
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Scottish and Irish: variant of McNeil .
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