Myrtle Thorp

FemaleSeptember 1893–

Brief Life History of Myrtle

When Myrtle Thorp was born in September 1893, in Missouri, United States, her father, Jesse H. Thorp, was 28 and her mother, Emma Jane Howard, was 22. She married Temp Aaron Mayfield on 23 December 1912, in Saline, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Blue Township, Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1940.

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Family Time Line

Temp Aaron Mayfield
1890–
Myrtle Thorp
1893–
Marriage: 23 December 1912
Gertrude Mayfield
1914–

Sources (4)

  • Myrtle Mayfield in household of Temp A Mayfield, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Myrtle Thorp - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Myrtle Thorp
  • Myrtle Thorp in household of James Thorp, "United States Census, 1900"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 December 1912Saline, Missouri, United States

    • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (5)

    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 3

    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.

    1898 · War with the Spanish

    Age 5

    After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

    1927

    Age 34

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    English (mainly Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Thorpe .

    Scandinavian: variant of Torp .

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

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