Minnie Roy Talent

Brief Life History of Minnie Roy

When Minnie Roy Talent was born about 1874, in Blount, Tennessee, United States, her father, John Rain Tallent, was 32 and her mother, Dorthea Segourinia Brown, was 29. She married Robert Hutsell Wallace on 18 October 1905, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Campbell, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Civil District 3, Anderson, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 12 October 1950, in Anderson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Anderson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Hutsell Wallace
1872–1969
Minnie Roy Talent
1874–1950
Marriage: 18 October 1905
Margaret Wallace
1907–
Dorothy Amanda Wallace
1908–1912
Blanche Wallace
1910–1912
Mary Evelyn Wallace
1913–2003
William Tallent Wallace
1915–1995

Sources (12)

  • Minnie Wallace in household of Cobt H Wallace, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Minnie Roy Talent - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Minnie Tallent
  • Minnie R. Tallent, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

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.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

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 (Lancashire and Yorkshire): variant of Tallent .

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

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