Mary Belle McQueen

Brief Life History of Mary Belle

When Mary Belle McQueen was born on 23 July 1892, in Buffalo Gap, Custer, South Dakota, United States, her father, Charles George McQueen, was 27 and her mother, Eva Lawrence, was 17. She married Frank Harrison Burton on 22 January 1909, in Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Lander, Sweetwater, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Election District 3, Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States in 1930. She died on 23 August 1982, in Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Monument Hill Cemetery, Thermopolis, Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

Frank Harrison Burton
1889–1967
Mary Belle McQueen
1892–1982
Marriage: 22 January 1909
Oard Gordon Burton
1909–1958
Theo Georgia Burton
1911–1993
Frankie Lavonne Burton
1913–1989

Sources (41)

  • Mary Burton in household of Frank Burton, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Mary Mcqueen, "South Dakota, Department of Health, Birth and Marriage Indexes, 1843-2014"
  • Mary Belle Mcqueen, "Wyoming Marriages, 1869-1923"

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.

1911

Historical Boundaries 1890: Fremont, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Fremont, Wyoming, United States 1911: Hot Springs, Wyoming, United States;

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuibhne ‘son of Suibhne’ a byname meaning ‘pleasant’. Compare McSweeney .

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Shuain, a Gaelic patronymic based on Old Norse sveinn ‘boy, servant’, which was also used as a personal name (see Swain ). This is given as the origin of the McQueen or McSwan family of Skye, although the spellings are hard to distinguish. Compare Whan .

Americanized form of French Moquin .

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

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