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 31. She married 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 Brethren Cemetery, Mountville, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Violet Myers in household of John Myers, "United States Census, 1930"
- Violet K Meyers in household of John J Meyers, "United States Census, 1940"
- Violet Kathryn Myers in entry for Eliot Victor Cook, "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997"
Spouse and Children
1918–2012 Male
1926–2005 Female
Parents and Siblings
1892–1972 Male
1895– Female
Siblings (4)
1919– Female
1922– Male
1924–2008 Female
1926–2005 Female
World Events (8)
1927
Age 1
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 3
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
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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