Brief Life History of Mayo Melton
When Mayo Melton Culp Sr was born on 14 May 1912, his father, John Culp, was 35 and his mother, Mary Gober, was 31. He married Hazel Lee Ratliff about 1933, in Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 5, Bell, Texas, United States in 1940 and Marfa, Presidio, Texas, United States in 1950. He died on 4 January 1996, in Bell, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Temple, Bell, Texas, United States.
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- Mayo Culp, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mayo Melton Culp, "Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981"
- Mayo Culp, "Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021"
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World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York
Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Colp in Aberdeenshire.
Americanized form of German Kulp , Kolp , Kolb , or Kalb .
History: This (see 2 above) is one of the variants of the name of a Mennonite family, originally spelled Kolb , but among the Mennonites in the US also commonly found in the altered forms Culp and Kulp .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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