Brief Life History of Myrtle Alice
When Myrtle Alice Sunckell was born on 25 February 1904, in Canterbury, New Zealand, her father, Alfred James Sunckell, was 34 and her mother, Sarah Ann Chapman, was 38. She married Renzie Gordon Grant McLachlan on 28 October 1930, in New Zealand. She died in 1963, in New Zealand, at the age of 59.
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- Legacy NFS Source: Myrtle Alice Sunckell - Government record: birth-name: Myrtle Alice Sunckell
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1907
The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.
1907 · Dominion of New Zealand
The Dominion of New Zealand was brought about when New Zealand proclaimed itself a political independent government inside the British Empire. The Dominion of New Zealand allowed the British Government to shape its foreign policy, and it followed Britain into the First World War. Full independence was granted in 1931 and adopted by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947.
1923 · New Zealand's Claim to Antartica
The Ross Dependency is a New Zealand dependency located on the Antarctician Continent. It is the only settlement on the Antartica that is claimed by a sovereign nation. New Zealand still owns claim even after the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by 11 other nations.
Name Meaning
From the vocabulary word denoting the plant (Old French myrtille, Late Latin myrtilla, a diminutive of classical Latin myrta). This is one of the group of plant names that became popular as girls' names in the late 19th century. It has since gone out of fashion.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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