Merle Oral Brody

5 February 1915–2 November 1979 (Age 64)
Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States

The Life Summary of Merle Oral

When Merle Oral Brody was born on 5 February 1915, in Caldwell, Canyon, Idaho, United States, his father, Oral Kirby Brody, was 19 and his mother, Vada Ellen Gurwell, was 19. He married Myrle Walton on 21 November 1941, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Bowmont, Canyon, Idaho, United States in 1930. He died on 2 November 1979, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

Merle Oral Brody
1915–1979
Myrle Walton
1909–1987
Marriage: 21 November 1941
Michael Orel Brody
1942–2001

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Children

(1)

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 1
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.
1921 · Bonneville County Courthouse is built
Age 6
In 1921, the Bonneville county courthouse was built. It was designed by Lionel Fisher and Charles Aitken, two architects that helped build a number of government buildings in Idaho.
1932
Age 17
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

Name Meaning

1 Hungarian (Bródy), Slavic, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name for someone from any of the many towns and cities in central and eastern Europe named with Slavic brod ‘fort’.2 Variant spelling of Scottish Brodie .

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

Possible Related Names

Brodie

Sources (27)

  • Merle Ovel Brody, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Merle Orel Brody, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Merle Orel Brody, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"

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