Brief Life History of Donia Lorene
When Donia Lorene Myers was born on 7 January 1914, in Jonesboro, Coryell, Texas, United States, her father, Henry Asher Myers, was 29 and her mother, Delphia Drury Howard, was 27. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Taylor, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 30 April 1983, in Texas, United States, at the age of 69.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Donie Myers in household of Asa H Myers, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: Donia Lorene Myers - Memory of Someone: birth-name: Donia Lorene Myers
- Donia Lorene House, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"
Spouse and Children
1900–1983 Male
1914–1983 Female
Parents and Siblings
1884–1970 Male
1886–1971 Female
Siblings (5)
1905–1967 Male
1908–1923 Male
1910–1956 Male
1914–1983 Female
1922–1992 Male
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 2
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 15
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 21
Name Meaning
Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.
English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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