Horace Lee Tidwell Jr

Brief Life History of Horace Lee

When Horace Lee Tidwell Jr was born on 12 March 1920, in Graham, Young, Texas, United States, his father, Horace Lee Tidwell, was 30 and his mother, Ruth Isaacs, was 29. He married Marjorie Maxine Bithell on 9 October 1943, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Tennessee, United States in 1971. He died on 6 August 1996, in Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Restland Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Horace Lee Tidwell Jr
1920–1996
Helen Elizabeth Mcintyre
1925–2017
Marriage: 6 October 1971

Sources (14)

  • Horace L Tidwell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Horace L Jr. Tidwell, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
  • H L Tidwell, "Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005"

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World Events (8)

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Tideswell, a habitational name from Tideswell in Derbyshire, so named from the Old English personal name Tīdi + Old English wella ‘spring’. This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.

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

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