Martha Stella James

Brief Life History of Martha Stella

When Martha Stella James was born on 22 February 1913, in Lenox, Madison, New York, United States, her father, Edward Byron James, was 31 and her mother, Helena Julia Brophy, was 32. She married Clyde Devailo Popple about 1941, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 30 May 1988, in Oneida, Madison, New York, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Saint Agatha Cemetery, Canastota, Madison, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clyde Devailo Popple
1912–1999
Martha Stella James
1913–1988
Marriage: about 1941
James Paul Epperson
1938–

Sources (14)

  • Martha James, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Mrs, Mrs Martha James Popple, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Martha E Popple, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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1935 · The FBI is Established

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Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name James. Introduced to England by the Normans, this is an Old French form of Late Latin Iacomus, a variant of Latin Iacobus, Greek Iakōbos, the New Testament rendering of Hebrew Ya‘aqob (see Jacob ). The medieval Latin (Vulgate) Bible distinguished between Old Testament Iacob (which was uninflected) and New Testament Iacobus (with inflections). The latter developed into James in medieval French. The distinction was carried over into the King James Bible of 1611, and Jacob and James remain as separate names in English usage. Most European languages, however, make no such distinction, so that forms such as French Jacques , stand for both the Old and the New Testament names. This surname is also very common among African Americans. Compare Jack .

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

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