Brief Life History of Richard Lynn
When Richard Lynn Shrewsbury was born on 12 October 1892, in Tustin, Orange, California, United States, his father, Samuel Shrewsbury, was 54 and his mother, Elizabeth Betty Shores, was 38. He married Venla Merrill on 22 August 1923, in Los Angeles, California, United States. He lived in Santa Ana, Orange, California, United States in 1910 and San Juan Judicial Township, Orange, California, United States for about 30 years. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 22 March 1980, in San Juan Capistrano, Orange, California, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, Orange, California, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Lynn Shrewsbury, "United States 1950 Census"
- Richard Lynn Shrewsbury, "California Births and Christenings, 1812-1988"
- Richard Lynn Shrewsbury, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1892–1980 Male
1898–1992 Female
Parents and Siblings
1838–1901 Male
1854–1941 Female
Siblings (7)
1879–1962 Male
1881–1972 Female
1884–1953 Female
1888–1922 Female
1890–1979 Male
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 4
1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake
Age 14
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 24
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Shrewsbury (Shropshire), probably from Old English scrobb (genitive scrobbes), a variant of scrubb, scrybb ‘shrub, brushwood’, + burg ‘fortress’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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