Brief Life History of Murray S.
When Murray S. Lykins was born on 29 March 1913, in Woodbury, Butler, Kentucky, United States, his father, Chesterfield H Lykins Jr., was 25 and his mother, Nora Bell Davis, was 20. He married Martha Marie Dye on 1 May 1933, in Morgantown, Butler, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in United States in 1949. He died on 14 January 1983, in Warren, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Cook Cemetery, Woodbury, Butler, Kentucky, United States.
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- Murray S Lykins, "United States 1950 Census"
- Murray S Lykins, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Murray Sedley Lykins, "Find A Grave Index"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1926 · Mammoth Cave is Discovered
In 1926, in central Kentucky, Mammoth Cave was discovered. It dates back to Mississippian times and consists of over four hundred miles of passageway. On July 1, 1941, the cave was made a National Park.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
Name Meaning
Americanized form of Swedish Lyckan (via various intermediate forms, including Lycon): habitational name from Lyckan, a place in Värmland, Sweden. The surname Lyckan is not found in Sweden. Compare Likens , Likins , Lycan , and Lykens .
History: The progenitors of the Lykins family were brothers Michael Nilsson Lycon and Peter Nilsson Lycon from New Sweden, most probably sons of Nils Andersson Lycon or Lyckan, who arrived in New Sweden on The Eagle in 1654.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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