Bernardine Phelps

Brief Life History of Bernardine

When Bernardine Phelps was born on 23 June 1915, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, her father, William Orrin Phelps, was 39 and her mother, Minnie Ola Turnbow, was 35. She married Calvin Sabin Merrill on 30 August 1941, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States. She lived in Supervisorial District 2, Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1940. She died on 28 December 1982, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Calvin Sabin Merrill
1914–1996
Bernardine Phelps
1915–1982
Marriage: 30 August 1941

Sources (18)

  • Bernardine Merrill, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Bernardine Phelps, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940"
  • Bernardine Phelps, "Arizona, County Marriages, 1871-1964"

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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.

1919 · Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple Announced

The Mesa Arizona Latter-day Saint Temple was announced on October 3, 1919. Don Carlos Young and Ramm Hansen were chosen to design the temple. The Mesa, Arizona temple was the first temple to be built in Arizona.

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 and English (southwestern): variant of Phillips .

History: The brothers George and William Phelps emigrated from Gloucestershire, England, to Dorchester, MA, c. 1630. Five years later they moved to Windsor, CT. George's sixth-generation descendant, Anson Greene Phelps (1781–1853), rose from being a penniless orphan to the status of a major industrialist and a prominent CT philanthropist.

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

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