Brief Life History of Myrtle
When Myrtle Thornton was born on 2 December 1896, in Wheeling, Livingston, Missouri, United States, her father, Cortland E. Thornton, was 32 and her mother, Mary Mahala Jane Chrisman, was 38. She lived in Wheeling Township, Livingston, Missouri, United States in 1900 and Barnitz Township, Custer, Oklahoma, United States in 1910. She died on 21 August 1984, at the age of 87.
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Sources (5)
- Myrtle Thorton in household of Cortlund E Thornton, "United States Census, 1900"
- Myrtle Thornton, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Myrtle Steiger, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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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.
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: habitational name from any of numerous places throughout England and Scotland so called, from Old English thorn ‘thorn tree’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename is most frequent in northern England, especially Yorkshire, where there are at least 16 possible sources for the surname.
Irish: Anglicized (translated) form of Gaelic Mac Sceacháin ‘son of Sceachán’ (see Skehan ).
Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Draighneáin ‘descendant of Draighneán’ (see Drennan ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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