Brief Life History of Sterling Ibey
When Sterling Ibey May was born on 6 March 1896, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, his father, James May, was 63 and his mother, Rhoda Ann Lang, was 39. He married Edith Florence Quinton on 11 July 1922, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Sweet Grass, Montana, United States in 1935 and lived in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Northwest Territories, Canada in 1911 and Alberta, Canada in 1916. He registered for military service in 1913. In 1942, his occupation is listed as engineer raymond sugar factory in Raymond, County of Warner No. 5, Alberta, Canada. He died on 19 March 1963, in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 67, and was buried in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada.
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- Sterling Ibey May, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Sterling Ibey May, "BillionGraves Index"
- Sterling Ibey May, "Montana Manifests of Immigrant Arrivals and Departures, 1923-1956"
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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.
1902 · Montana Capital Building Completed
Construction started on the Montana state capital in 1899. In 1902 the capital was completed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English male personal name May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew ).
English, Dutch, and German: from a personal name or nickname taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then. In England, this name was possibly also a pet form of Mary or Margaret. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.
English: nickname from Middle English mey, may ‘kinsman’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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