Bertha E Shelton

Female24 August 1894–29 May 1985

Brief Life History of Bertha E

When Bertha E Shelton was born on 24 August 1894, in Carlisle, Kentucky, United States, her father, Joseph Augustus Shelton, was 34 and her mother, Alice May O'Neal, was 24. She married Alvin Newton Payne on 12 June 1914, in Carlisle, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Milburn, Carlisle, Kentucky, United States in 1950. She died on 29 May 1985, in Tennessee, United States, at the age of 90.

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Family Time Line

Alvin Newton Payne
1886–1951
Bertha E Shelton
1894–1985
Marriage: 12 June 1914
Edward Nelson Payne
1919–1919
Betty Rue Payne
1928–1945
Birtie Lou Payne Oakley
1928–1994

Sources (21)

  • Bertha E Payne, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Birtha Shelton in household of Gus Shelton, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Bertha E Shelton, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    12 June 1914Carlisle, Kentucky, United States
  • Children (3)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 2

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1900 · Governor Shot

    Age 6

    On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 24

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    Name Meaning

    English (Nottinghamshire): habitational name primarily from Shelton (Nottinghamshire), but also from Shelton (Bedfordshire, Norfolk, Shropshire, and Staffordshire). The placenames all derive from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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