Brief Life History of Myrtle W
When Myrtle W Renshaw was born on 26 June 1896, in Maryland, United States, her father, Alfred Renshaw, was 21 and her mother, Margaret R White, was 23. She had at least 2 sons with David Wiley Wilson. She lived in Eddystone, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1930 and Prospect Park, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 14 August 1979, at the age of 83, and was buried in North East, Cecil, Maryland, United States.
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- Myrtle W Wilson in household of David W Wilson, "United States Census, 1930"
- Myrtle W. Wilson, "Find A Grave Index"
- Myrtle Wilson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
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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.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Renishaw in Eckington (Derbyshire), from the Middle English personal name Reynold + shau(e) ‘copse, wood’ (Old English sceaga). The surname forms sometimes show confusion either between the Middle English elements -shau(e) ‘wood’ and -hale ‘nook’, or with another placename that has not yet been identified.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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