Mildred V Kirk

Brief Life History of Mildred V

When Mildred V Kirk was born in March 1892, in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States, her father, Dr. Robert Dorie Kirk, was 33 and her mother, Alice Louise Nabors, was 23. She married Ira Sims Caldwell about 1920, in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Prentiss, Mississippi, United States for about 10 years and Beat 3, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States in 1940. She died on 9 January 1983, in Lee, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Baldwyn Masonic Cemetery, Baldwyn, Prentiss, Mississippi, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ira Sims Caldwell
1889–1951
Mildred V Kirk
1892–1983
Marriage: about 1920
Robert Sims Caldwell
1921–1979

Sources (7)

  • Mildred Caldwell in household of Ira Caldwell, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mildred Kirk Caldwell, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Mildred Kirk in entry for Robert Caldwell, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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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.

1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

Scottish, English, and Danish: from Middle English, Danish kirk ‘church’ (Old Norse kirkja), a topographic name for someone who lived near a church. This name has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century or earlier.

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

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