Brief Life History of Myrtle May
When Myrtle May East was born on 30 December 1895, in Pine Ridge, Surry, North Carolina, United States, her father, James Heritage East, was 35 and her mother, Alice Ellen Forkner, was 31. She married Harrison Seymore Younger on 12 December 1920, in Stewarts Creek Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Oldtown, Grayson, Virginia, United States in 1920 and Stewarts Creek Township, Surry, North Carolina, United States for about 10 years. She died on 5 February 1980, at the age of 84, and was buried in Red Brush, Surry, North Carolina, United States.
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- Myrtle M East in household of James H East, "United States Census, 1910"
- Myrtle East Younger, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Myrtle East, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
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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.
1897 · First Bill for Women Suffrage
In 1897, Senator J.L. Hyatt introduced the woman suffrage bill in North Carolina. The bill did not make it past the committee.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who came from the east or who lived on the eastern side of a settlement. Compare Estes .
Americanized form (translation into English) of North German Ost and Swedish Öst.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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