Myrtle Viola Emmet

Brief Life History of Myrtle Viola

When Myrtle Viola Emmet was born on 29 February 1896, in Luckey, Wood, Ohio, United States, her father, John Jack Emmitt, was 25 and her mother, Ella Frances Gossett, was 23. She married Otto Fred Powell Glosch on 30 July 1914, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Jackson Township, Paulding, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Lake, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1910. She died on 5 July 1988, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Walbridge, Wood, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Otto Fred Powell Glosch
1892–1963
Myrtle Viola Emmet
1896–1988
Marriage: 30 July 1914
Clyde Carl Glosch
1916–1973
Mary Ellen Glosch
1918–1921
Ethel Marie Glosch
1919–1920

Sources (19)

  • Myrtle Glosch in household of Otto Glosch, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Myrtle Emmett, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Myrtle Emmitt, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1898 · Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.” 

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English (Yorkshire and Lancashire): variant of Emmett .

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

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