Brief Life History of Myrtle J.
When Myrtle J. Henderson was born in December 1889, in New York, United States, her father, William Henderson, was 29 and her mother, Esther J Odell, was 29. She married Walter Duane Tyler on 7 August 1912, in Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States for about 40 years. She died in 1982, at the age of 93, and was buried in Brookside Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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- Myrtle H Tyler in household of Walter I Tyler, "United States Census, 1930"
- Myrtle J Henderson, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Myrtle Henderson Tyler, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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