Mary Claudia Irvin

Brief Life History of Mary Claudia

When Mary Claudia Irvin was born on 25 June 1894, in Morris, Texas, United States, her father, Daniel Richard Irvin, was 35 and her mother, Emma Louise Martin, was 28. She married Earnest Fair Shelton on 24 August 1917. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Ward Four, Caddo, Louisiana, United States in 1940 and Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States for about 1 years. She died on 31 January 1999, at the age of 104, and was buried in Daingerfield, Morris, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Earnest Fair Shelton
1887–1961
Mary Claudia Irvin
1894–1999
Marriage: 24 August 1917
Frances Marie Shelton
1922–1987
Gloria Marjorie Shelton
1925–1976
Betty Jean "Minnie" Shelton
1928–2006
Ernest F Shelton
1931–1953

Sources (26)

  • Mary C Shelton, "United States, Census, 1950"
  • Mary Claudia Irvin, "Texas, Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
  • Mary Claudia Irvin Shelton, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1901 · Spindletop Oilfield Discovered

"Spindletop, located south of Beaumont, becomes the first major oil well to be discovered in Texas. Other fields were discovered in shortly after, which ultimately led to the highly impactful ""oil boom""."

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

Scottish: variant of Irvine .

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEireamhóin ‘descendant of Eireamhón’, a personal name attested as a figure of legend (an early settler of Ireland). There has also been some confusion with Irvine .

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

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