Myrta J Fife

Brief Life History of Myrta J

When Myrta J Fife was born in December 1869, in Cheshire Township, Gallia, Ohio, United States, her father, Joseph Warren Fife, was 23 and her mother, Mary J Fife, was 20. She married Clement L. V. Caster on 5 July 1890, in Meigs, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Columbia Township, Meigs, Ohio, United States for about 30 years and Crestline, Jackson Township, Crawford, Ohio, United States in 1950. She died in 1956, at the age of 87, and was buried in Mount Olive Cemetery, Point Rock, Meigs, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clement L. V. Caster
1865–1925
Myrta J Fife
1869–1956
Marriage: 5 July 1890
Wesley Fern Caster
1891–1962
Audrey Blanche Castor
1892–1976
Dale S Castor
1895–1918
William Bryan Caster
1897–1964
Elwood Caster
1898–1938
Carl Caster
1900–1991
Rose Ethel Caster
1902–1976
Garnet E Caster
1904–1984
Frank Vale Caster
1905–1908
Welcome Caster
1908–
Helen Caster
1910–
Woodrow W Caster
1913–1920

Sources (47)

  • Myrta Nicholson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Myrta J. Fife, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Myrta J. Fife Caster Nicholson, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1870 · Giving all the right to vote

The Act was an extension of the Fifteenth Amendment, that prohibited discrimination by state offices in voter registration. It also helped empower the President with the authority to enforce the first section of the Fifteenth Amendment throughout the United States. Being the first of three Enforcement Acts passed by the Congress, it helped combat attacks on the suffrage rights of African Americans.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from the province and former kingdom of Fife in East Scotland, a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.

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

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