Lela Fay Minyard

Brief Life History of Lela Fay

When Lela Fay Minyard was born on 10 November 1898, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, her father, William Alexander Minyard, was 26 and her mother, Florence Tennessee "Tennie" Mynatt, was 23. She married Arthur Booth on 11 July 1918, in Ellis, Texas, United States. She lived in Justice Precinct 8, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1900. She died on 16 December 1984, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Booth
1894–1920
Lela Fay Minyard
1898–1984
Marriage: 11 July 1918

Sources (13)

  • Faye Minyard, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Fay Minyard, "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965"
  • Lela Minyard, "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000"

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World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful "oil boom".

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

Possibly English: unexplained. Compare Miniard .

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

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