Brief Life History of Melvin Lee
When Melvin Lee Barton was born on 22 February 1915, in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, United States, his father, James Benjamin Barton, was 35 and his mother, Lucy D Kimball, was 30. He lived in Justice Precinct 8, Dallas, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 1 February 1996, at the age of 80.
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Sources (9)
- Melvin Barton, "United States Census, 1940"
- Melvin Lee Barton, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
- Melvin L. Barton in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Spouse and Children
1915–1996 Male
1919–2010 Female
Parents and Siblings
1879–1950 Male
1884–1958 Female
Siblings (6)
1904–1989 Male
1906–1970 Male
1909–1974 Male
1912–1998 Female
1915–1996 Male
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 1
1929 · The Great Depression Arrives
Age 14
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of numerous places called with Old English bere or bær ‘barley’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’, i.e. an outlying grange. Compare Barwick . The name is also found in Ireland, where it has been Gaelicized as de Bartún.
Polish (Bartoń); Czech and Slovak (mainly Bartoň): from a pet form of the personal name Polish Bartłomiej, Czech Bartoloměj, Slovak Bartolomej, from Latin Bartholomaeus (see Bartholomew ). This surname is also found in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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