Brief Life History of Maurice L.
When Maurice L. Myers was born on 11 May 1890, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Thomas Abihue Myers, was 30 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Burchette, was 22. He married Betty R Brown on 5 October 1907. He lived in Traphill, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States for about 20 years and Trap Hill Township, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States in 1940. He died on 17 January 1958, in Elkin, Surry, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 67.
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- Morris L Myers, "United States Census, 1930"
- Morris L Myers, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Maurice L. Myers Sr., "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.
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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