Brief Life History of Maude Myrtle
When Maude Myrtle Wilkes was born on 22 May 1880, in Verona, Lawrence, Missouri, United States, her father, Richard Porter Wilkes, was 24 and her mother, Nancy Catherine Wooley, was 24. She married Clarence Eugene Brown on 14 November 1900, in Verona, Lawrence, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States in 1920 and Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 24 February 1965, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 84.
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Sources (12)
- Maude Brown in household of Claude E Brown, "United States Census, 1920"
- Maude Myrtle Brown, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Maude M Brown, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
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World Events (8)
1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
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.
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.
Name Meaning
English (West Midlands): either a variant of Wilk , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or from the Middle English personal name Wilcus, an uncommon pet form of a personal name in Wil-. The suffix is a double diminutive -k + -us, the latter being used with Old English female names (compare Aldous ). So Wilcus may also be a pet form of an Old English female name such as Wilburg. Alternatively, it may have been used with Norman personal names of either gender, for example as a pet form of William . If Wilcus became an inherited surname it would quickly have become merged with Wilkes. Wilcus may also have been absorbed into Wildgoose .
Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Wilke, a pet form of Will.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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