Myrtle Ella Thorp

Brief Life History of Myrtle Ella

When Myrtle Ella Thorp was born on 8 September 1893, in Missouri, United States, her father, Jesse H Thorp, was 28 and her mother, Emma Jane Howard, was 22. She married Thomas Templeton 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 for about 10 years and Mount Shasta, Siskiyou, California, United States in 1950. She died on 27 June 1971, in Kearney, Clay, Missouri, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Providence Church Graveyard, Liberty, Clay, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Templeton Aaron Mayfield
1890–1960
Myrtle Ella Thorp
1893–1971
Marriage: 23 December 1912
Gertrude L Mayfield
1914–2005

Sources (11)

  • Myrtle Mayfield, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Myrtle Thorp - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Myrtle Thorp
  • Myrtle Ella Thorp, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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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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