Brief Life History of Myrtle Luella
When Myrtle Luella Briggs was born on 12 July 1900, in Port Kenyon, Humboldt, California, United States, her father, Henry Luce Briggs, was 24 and her mother, Nettie Sofrona Reas, was 25. She married Thomas Schmidt on 4 May 1917, in Ferndale, Humboldt, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Scotia, Humboldt, California, United States in 1930 and Rio Dell, Humboldt, California, United States in 1950. She died on 2 April 1985, in Fortuna, Humboldt, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Eureka, Humboldt, California, United States.
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- Myrtle L Schmidt, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: Myrtle Luella Briggs - birth: 12 July 1900; Port Kenyon, Humboldt, California, United States
- Myrtle Luella Schmidt, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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World Events (8)
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.
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.
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
English: variant of Brigg, with post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English brig(g) (Old Norse bryggja), the northern and Scottish word for bridge, for someone who lived by a bridge or who came from any of the places called from the word.
History: The surname Briggs is found chiefly in West Yorkshire. A family of gentry have held lands at Keighley in West Yorkshire continuously for 500 years. The mathematician Henry Briggs (1561–1631), who invented logarithms, was born in Halifax, Yorkshire, England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Life Story of Myrtle Luella Briggs
THE LIFE STORY OF MYRTLE LUELLA (BRIGGS) SCHMIDT (My maternal grandmother) by …
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