Brief Life History of John Alfred
When John Alfred Myers was born on 26 March 1879, in Townsend, Blount, Tennessee, United States, his father, John Myers, was 36 and his mother, Margaret Bird, was 37. He married Hattie Mae Smith on 6 June 1908, in Cassia, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Nooksack Township, Whatcom, Washington, United States in 1940 and Blaine, Whatcom, Washington, United States in 1950. He died on 5 November 1960, in Sumas, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Sumas Cemetery, Sumas, Whatcom, Washington, United States.
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- John A Myers, "United States Census, 1950"
- John A Meyers, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
- John A Myers, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
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1891: Whatcom, Washington, United States
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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