Brief Life History of Mary Arizona
When Mary Arizona Myers was born on 3 September 1887, in Gainesville, Ozark, Missouri, United States, her father, James M Myers, was 22 and her mother, Anna Harrington, was 28. She married James Charles Hoover on 3 November 1903, in Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Oklahoma, Kingman, Kansas, United States in 1935 and Winters Judicial Township, Yolo, California, United States in 1940. She died on 24 May 1944, at the age of 56, and was buried in Long, Sequoyah, Oklahoma, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Mary Hoover in household of James S Hoover, "United States Census, 1920"
- Mary Arizona Myers Hoover, "Find A Grave Index"
- Mary Myers in entry for Hollis Hoover, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1874–1967 Male
1887–1944 Female
Children (10)
1904–1975 Male
1909–1909 Female
1909–1994 Female
1912–2000 Male
1914–1917 Male
+5 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1864– Male
1859– Female
Siblings (3)
1887–1944 Female
1892–1969 Female
1897– Male
World Events (8)
1888 · Bauxite Mining Began
Age 1
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 3
1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
Age 16
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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