Brief Life History of Myrtle May
When Myrtle May Henderson was born on 6 June 1884, in Kansas, United States, her father, Fountain Gillespie Henderson, was 34 and her mother, Angerona Scott Hargis, was 32. She married Napoleon Bonaparte Jones on 2 May 1900, in Chautauqua, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Hominy, Osage, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Falls City, Polk, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. She died on 19 June 1967, in Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Dallas, Polk, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (16)
- Myrtle M Henderson, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Myrtle May Henderson Jones, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
- Unknown, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
Historical Boundaries - 1889: Polk, Oregon, United States
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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