Brief Life History of Myra M
When Myra M Buck was born on 13 November 1873, in State Center, Marshall, Iowa, United States, her father, Marcellus Aurelius Buck, was 45 and her mother, Lucia Melvina Wilkins, was 41. She married Dr L D Havenhill on 8 June 1897, in State Center, Marshall, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She died on 23 September 1948, in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States.
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- Myra Buck Havenhill, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Myra M Buck, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Myra Buck Havenhill, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
The town of Nicodemus was founded by African-American migrants from Kansas in 1877.
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.
Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English buc(ke) ‘male goat’ (Old English bucca) or a ‘male deer’ (Old English bucc). The goat was popularly associated with lecherous behaviour and the deer with timidity and speed. The surname may also be a shortened form of longer occupational names, for example Roger le Bucmanger' ‘dealer in bucks or venison’, (Warwickshire 1221) or Walter Bucswayn perhaps ‘goatherd’ (Somerset 1327).
English: topographic name for someone who lived near a prominent beech tree, such as Peter atte Buk (Suffolk 1327), from Middle English buk ‘beech’ (from Old English bōc).
German and Dutch (Limburg): from a personal name, a short form of Burkhard (see Burkhart ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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