Charlotte Culp

22 August 1894–22 March 1966 (Age 71)
Le Ray Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States

The Life Summary of Charlotte

When Charlotte Culp was born on 22 August 1894, in Le Ray Township, Blue Earth, Minnesota, United States, her father, Emmett Culp, was 23 and her mother, Alethea Yerigan, was 22. She married Olaf T. Westby on 12 October 1918, in Pierce, Washington, United States. She lived in Pierce, Washington, United States in 1935 and Hunts Prairie Election Precinct, Pierce, Washington, United States in 1940. She died on 22 March 1966, in Tacoma, Pierce, Washington, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Mountain View Memorial Park, Lakewood, Pierce, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Olaf T. Westby
1888–1979
Charlotte Culp
1894–1966
Marriage: 12 October 1918

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 October 1918Pierce, Washington, United States

    • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Age 2
    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.
    1909
    Age 15
    Historical Boundaries 1909: Pierce, Washington, United States Note: DuPont was essentially in the same area as Ft. Nisqually. However, today it is a living history museum located in Tacoma, Washington, USA, within the boundaries of Point Defiance Park.
    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
    Age 19
    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    Name Meaning

    Scottish: habitational name from Colp in Aberdeenshire.Americanized form of German Kulp , Kolp , Kolb , or Kalb .History: This (see 2 above) is one of the variants of the name of a Mennonite family, originally spelled Kolb , but among the Mennonites in the US also commonly found in the altered forms Culp and Kulp .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Kulp

    Sources (11)

    • Charlotte Westby in household of Olaf Westby, "United States Census, 1940"
    • Charlotte Culp, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
    • Charlotte Culp in household of Emmit Culp, "United States Census, 1910"

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