May Jewel Bertha Crump

Brief Life History of May Jewel Bertha

When May Jewel Bertha Crump was born on 23 June 1909, in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States, her father, Jesse Levi Crump, was 22 and her mother, Gertrude "Gertie" Lee Dickerson, was 20. She married John Peter Porter on 22 October 1925, in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Orchard Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1910. She died on 19 April 1962, in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Grand Junction, Mesa, Colorado, United States.

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John Peter Porter
1906–1989
May Jewel Bertha Crump
1909–1962
Marriage: 22 October 1925
John “Jack” Marshall Porter
1929–2018

Sources (8)

  • Bertha Porter in household of John P Porter, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Mary J Crump, "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006"
  • Bertha Mayjewel Crump Porter, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1914 · The Ludlow Massacre

On April 20, 1914, the Colorado national Guard and the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards, attacked striking coal miners in Ludlow, Colorado, killing 25 people, including miners, women, and children.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Midlands): nickname for a cripple or hunchback, from Middle English crumpe, croumpe, crampe ‘curved, bent, crooked’ (Old English crump, Old French crampe). Compare Croom .

Americanized form of German Krump , the variant Krumpp, or German and Dutch Kramp .

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

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