Brief Life History of Mearle Wilson
When Mearle Wilson Prout was born on 16 March 1911, in Miltonvale, Cloud, Kansas, United States, his father, Mearle Everland Prout, was 27 and his mother, Grace I. Parsel, was 28. He married Margaret Helen Shogrin on 23 December 1941, in Cook, Illinois, United States. He lived in Colfax Township, Cloud, Kansas, United States for about 5 years and Medford, Grant, Oklahoma, United States in 1930. He died on 3 March 1964, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, at the age of 52, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States.
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- Mearl W Prout in household of Mearl Prout, "Kansas State Census, 1915"
- Mearle W Prout, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968"
- Merle Wilson Prout, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1913 · Women get the right to vote in Illinois
Grace Wilbur Trout was elected president of the Chicago Political Equality League and started her presidency by making sure that each senate district was supporting suffrage for women. A few months later, the bill was up for voting in the state. Trout and her team went as far as to get male voters from their homes. The bill passed giving Women the right to vote for President of the Nation and all local offices not in the Illinois Constitution.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Cornwall): variant of Proud .
French: variant of Provost ‘provost’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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