Myrtle Hipps

Brief Life History of Myrtle

When Myrtle Hipps was born on 1 September 1905, in Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States, her father, John Willis Hipps, was 19 and her mother, Laura Alice Lewellen, was 18. She lived in Convenience Township, Pope, Arkansas, United States for about 10 years. She died on 29 January 1998, at the age of 92, and was buried in Atkins, Pope, Arkansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Franklin Lee Dewey Minor
1903–1983
Myrtle Hipps
1905–1998

Sources (4)

  • Myrtle A Hipps in household of John W Hipps, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Myrtle Hipps Minor, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Myrtle in entry for William Elton Hipps, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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World Events (8)

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

1906 · Diamonds Found Near Murfreesboro

In a 37- acre plowed field in  a state park in Murfreesboro, Arkansas visitors are able to go looking for diamonds. This was the site for the first diamond discovery in 1906. Through the years more than 33,100 diamonds have been found at the Crater of Diamonds. 

1931

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Ibbs with devoicing of the consonant and prosthetic H-; see Hibbs .

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

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