Brief Life History of Myra
When Myra Poole was born on 19 March 1914, in Benton Harbor, Berrien, Michigan, United States, her father, Clarence Myrle Poole, was 34 and her mother, Wilhelmina VerLee, was 34. She married Edward R Peapples. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Berrien, Michigan, United States in 1920. She died on 28 December 1999, at the age of 85, and was buried in Coloma, Berrien, Michigan, United States.
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- Myra Poole, "United States Census, 1930"
- Myra Peapples, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Myra Poole in entry for Frank N. Nevins, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English pol(e), polle, poul(e) ‘pool, pond’ (Old English pōl). The name may be topographic, for someone who lived by a pool, or habitative, from a place so named.
English: variant of Paul .
Possibly an Americanized form of German Puhl or Pfuhl(e) (see Pool 4).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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