Brief Life History of Myrtle Day
When Myrtle Day Claypool was born on 6 November 1874, in Center Hill, North Buffalo Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, David Garwood Claypool, was 33 and her mother, Catherine Elizabeth Campbell, was 31. She married Preston McIntosh on 27 June 1906, in Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Wick City, Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Springfield, Springfield Township, Delaware, Pennsylvania, United States in 1950. She died on 27 May 1963, in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Kittanning, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Myrtle McIntosh, "United States Census, 1950"
- Myrtle Day Claypoole, "Pennsylvania, Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Myrtle D. Claypoole, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
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.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Claypole in Lincolnshire, named from Old English clǣg ‘clay’ + pōl ‘pool’. This surname is now rare in Britain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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