Winfield Marion Scott Myers

Brief Life History of Winfield Marion Scott

When Winfield Marion Scott Myers was born on 11 December 1878, in Bloomington, Muscatine, Iowa, United States, his father, Lyman George Myers, was 27 and his mother, Rachel Ann Tooman, was 20. He married Minnie Lulu Dickenson on 3 October 1900, in Sullivan, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Silver Creek Township, Cowley, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Judicial Township 4, Imperial, California, United States in 1940. He died on 31 October 1960, in Salinas, Monterey, California, United States, at the age of 81.

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Family Time Line

Winfield Marion Scott Myers
1878–1960
Minnie Lulu Dickenson
1881–1974
Marriage: 3 October 1900
Lloyd Clyde Myers
1901–1967
Floyd Clell Myers
1903–1977
Charles David Myers
1905–1955
Edgar Grant Myers
1907–1994
Hazel Viola Myers
1910–1996
Albert Murry Bengmans Myers
1914–1968
Teresa Leanna Myers
1916–
Mabel Eleanor Myers
1919–1970
Myers
1921–1921
Mary Rachel Myers
1923–1978

Sources (12)

  • Marion Meyers, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Marion W Myers, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Marion Windfield Myers, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1881 · Kansas Prohibits Alcoholic Beverages

Kansas became the first state to adopt a constitutional amendment which prohibited all alcoholic beverages on February 19, 1881.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

Irish (Tipperary, Limerick and Waterford): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Meidhir ‘descendant of Meidhir’, with post-medieval excrescent -s. Meidhir is a personal name based on meidhir ‘mirth’.

English (northern): variant of Myer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

English (northern): habitational name from one or more of the minor placenames derived from Middle English mire ‘marsh’ (Old Norse mýrr) in the plural form, such as Melmerby Mire in Melmerby, or Mires in Docker (both Cumbria).

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

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