Mary Lynn Tiller
21 May 1920–6 April 2002 (Age 81)
Carthage, Panola, Texas, United States
The Life of Mary Lynn
When Mary Lynn Tiller was born on 21 May 1920, in Carthage, Panola, Texas, United States, her father, Ray Dewitt Tiller, was 29 and her mother, Mary Viva Phillips, was 26. She died on 6 April 2002, at the age of 81.
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Family Time Line
Ray Dewitt Tiller
1890–1937
Mary Viva Phillips
1893–1981
Raymond Decaitt Tiller
1918–2005
Mary Lynn Tiller
1920–2002
Billie June Tiller
1925–2007
Harold Tiller
1927–2013
Phillip Tiller
1929–
Unknown
1929–
Jack Carter Tiller
1932–1988
Parents and Siblings
Ray Dewitt Tiller
1890–1937Male
1893–1981Female
siblings
(7)
Raymond Decaitt Tiller
1918–2005Male
1920–2002Female
Billie June Tiller
1925–2007Female
Harold Tiller
1927–2013Male
Phillip Tiller
1929–Male
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 3
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 9
Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Age 22
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
Name Meaning
1 Southern English: occupational name for a husbandman, from Middle English til(l)er, a secondary derivative of Old English tilian ‘to till or cultivate’. There has been some confusion with Tiler ( see Tyler ).2 South German: topographic name of unknown origin.3 North German: from a variant of Thiel .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (1)
- Marilyn Tiller in household of Ray D Tiller, "United States Census, 1930"
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