Oma Adaline Settle

Brief Life History of Oma Adaline

When Oma Adaline Settle was born on 29 April 1889, in Marquand, Madison, Missouri, United States, her father, John Henry Settle, was 27 and her mother, Amy Elizabeth Mary Berry, was 23. She married Claude L. Sutton on 17 November 1906, in St. Francois, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Pike Township, Stoddard, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Lincoln Precinct, Massac, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 26 March 1991, in Metropolis, Massac, Illinois, United States, at the age of 101.

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Family Time Line

William Lacy Roberts
1865–1934
Oma Adaline Settle
1889–1991
Marriage: 13 November 1920
Oma Della Cochrane
1921–2016
Elsie Mae Roberts
Dallas T Roberts
1922–1930
Pairlee Roberts
1923–2018
Edith Pearl Roberts
1926–1988
Lacy Jacob Roberts
1929–1989

Sources (20)

  • Oma Roberts, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Adaline Settle - Published information: birth-name: oma Adaline Settles
  • Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991; https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9CT-R8R?cc=2060668&wc=Q4JS-K6F%3A352317901%2C1583584602

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

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1892 · The Chicago Canal

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Settle (Yorkshire), from Old English setl ‘abode, dwelling’.

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

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