Effie May Starrett

Female18 June 1874–19 January 1944

Brief Life History of Effie May

When Effie May Starrett was born on 18 June 1874, in Apple Creek, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, her father, William C. Starrett, was 25 and her mother, Catharine McLaughlin, was 28. She married William Henry Litzelfelner on 13 March 1899, in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States for about 40 years. She died on 19 January 1944, in Shawneetown, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Apple Creek Cemetery, Shawnee Township, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Henry Litzelfelner
1873–1933
Effie May Starrett
1874–1944
Marriage: 13 March 1899
William Bern Litzelfelner
1899–1966

Sources (10)

  • Effie Litzelfelner, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Effie Sterret, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Effie May (Starrett) Litzelfelner (1874-1944); Find A Grave

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    13 March 1899Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States
  • Children (1)

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    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 1

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1875 · A New Civil Rights Act

    Age 1

    During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 22

    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 and northern Irish (Donegal):

    possibly a habitational name from Stirie (formerly Stairaird) in Stair (Ayrshire).

    perhaps a topographic name from Scots stairheid ‘top of a flight of steps or stairway, chiefly used to indicate location’.

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

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