Brief Life History of Myrtle Tennessee
When Myrtle Tennessee Stewart was born on 18 March 1889, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States, her father, Robert Boone Stewart, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Lucretia Shanks, was 23. She married John Monroe Harris Sr. on 10 October 1909, in Putnam, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Civil District 12, Jackson, Tennessee, United States in 1930 and Civil District 17, Putnam, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 6 November 1974, in Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Cookeville City Cemetery, Cookeville, Putnam, Tennessee, United States.
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- Myrtle T Harris in household of John M Harris, "United States Census, 1940"
- Myrtle Stewart, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Myrtle Richardson, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1890 · Woman's Suffrage
An organization formed in favor of women's suffrages. By combining the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association, the NAWSA eventually increased in membership up to two million people. It is still one of the largest voluntary organizations in the nation today and held a major role in passing the Nineteenth Amendment.
1912 · The Girl Scouts
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Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: originally an occupational name for an administrative official of an estate, from Middle English stiward, Old English stigweard, stīweard, a compound of stig ‘house(hold)’ + weard ‘guardian’. In the Anglo-Saxon period this title was used of an officer controlling the domestic affairs of a household, especially of the royal household; after the Norman Conquest it was also used more widely as the native equivalent of Seneschal, for the steward of a manor or manager of an estate. In Scotland the term was also used of a magistrate originally appointed by the king to administer crown lands, forming a stewartry.
History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland, the royal family of Scotland from the 14th century, and of England from 1603, when James VI of Scotland acceded to the English throne as James I. There were many minor branches of the family left in Britain after the flight of James II in 1688, but not every bearer of the surname can claim relationship with the royal house, even in Scotland. Every great house in medieval England and Scotland had its steward, and in many cases the office gave rise to a hereditary surname. The fall of the house of Stuart in Britain, conversely, led to the establishment of several highly placed branches bearing this surname in continental Europe, which are in most cases related to the old Scottish royal family.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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