Lura Marie Simpson
1 March 1947–1 April 2010 (Age 63)
Hibbing, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States
The Life of Lura Marie
When Lura Marie Simpson was born on 1 March 1947, in Hibbing, St. Louis, Minnesota, United States, her father, Robert Roy Simpson, was 34 and her mother, Lura Houston, was 35. She lived in Bay Lake, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States in 2010. She died on 1 April 2010, in Brainerd, Manitoba, Canada, at the age of 63.
Photos & Memories (0)
Do you know this person? Do you have a story about her you would like to share? Sign in or Create a FREE Account
Family Time Line
Robert Roy Simpson
1912–1991
Lura Houston
1912–1994
Lura Marie Simpson
1947–2010
Parents and Siblings
1912–1991Male
1912–1994Female
siblings
(1)
Lura Marie Simpson
1947–2010Female
World Events (8)
1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War
Age 1
The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.
1949 · NATO is Established
Age 2
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is an alliance between 29 North American and European countries. The agreement of the alliance is to help defend each other if attacked by an external country. The last country to enter was Montenegro in 2017.
1964 · The Twenty-Fourth Amendment
Age 17
The Twenty-fourth Amendment prohibits both all the states and Congress from swaying the right to vote in elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax.
Name Meaning
1 Scottish and northern English: patronymic from Sim .2 English: habitational name from any of three places in Devon, so named from Old English personal name Sigewine + tūn ‘enclosure’, ‘settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Lura Marie Metsa, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
- Lura Marie Simpson, "Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002"
Find more of your family story
Find more of your family story
As a non-profit, we offer free help to anyone looking to learn the details of their family story.
