Brief Life History of Violet Kathryn
When Violet Kathryn Myers was born on 22 November 1926, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Jacobs Myers, was 34 and her mother, Elsie Johns, was 32. She married Dr John Call Cook on 31 July 1949. She lived in Manheim, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Manheim Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 23 June 2005, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Mountville Church Of The Brethern Cemetery, Mountville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Violet Myers in household of John Myers, "United States Census, 1930"
- Violet K Cook, "United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023"
- Violet K Cook, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
The Presidential Succession Act is an act establishing the presidential line of succession. This was a precursor for the Twenty-fifth Amendment which outlines what is to happen when a President is killed, dies, or is unable to fulfill the responsibilities of President.
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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