Mary Rosetta May Foote

Brief Life History of Mary Rosetta May

When Mary Rosetta May Foote was born on 11 November 1897, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, her father, Clarence Delbert Foote, was 28 and her mother, Eliza Elizabeth Mecham, was 25. She married Orison Hyde Townsend on 15 July 1915, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Crescent Township, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1900 and Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1910. She died on 17 March 1949, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Crescent Cemetery, Crescent, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Orison Hyde Townsend
1876–1955
Mary Rosetta May Foote
1897–1949
Marriage: 15 July 1915
Joel Cyrus Townsend
1906–1979
Samuel Adelbert Townsend
1916–1995
Orvillia May Townsend
1920–1922
William Edmont Townsend
1927–2003

Sources (22)

  • Mary Towns* in household of Orson Towns*, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mary Foote, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Mary Rosetta Townsend, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1912 · The Girl Scouts

Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: from Middle English fot ‘foot’ (Old English fōt), sometimes translated in medieval documents by Latin cum pede ‘with the foot’. Probably a nickname for someone with a deformity of the foot or with large feet.

English: occasionally perhaps from the rare Middle English personal name Fot, from Old Norse Fótr, originally a nickname with the same sense as 1 above.

English: topographic name for someone who lived at the foot of a hill.

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

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