Myrtle Lee Cobbs

Brief Life History of Myrtle Lee

When Myrtle Lee Cobbs was born on 26 February 1915, in Mitchell, Sabine, Louisiana, United States, her father, Henry Thomas Cobbs, was 26 and her mother, Elizabeth Eunice Sistrunk, was 20. She married M. B. Thompson on 11 April 1931. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Ward Four, Sabine, Louisiana, United States in 1940 and Sabine, Louisiana, United States in 1950. She died on 23 December 1985, in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Converse, Sabine, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

M. B. Thompson
1910–1977
Myrtle Lee Cobbs
1915–1985
Marriage: 11 April 1931
Virginia Lee Thompson
1933–1990
Jeanette Ruby Thompson
1934–2015
Mildred Ann Thompson
1937–2019
Henry Carr Thompson
1944–1984

Sources (6)

  • Myrtle L Thompson, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Myrtle Lee Cobbs Thompson, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Myrtle Cobbs in entry for Henry Thompson, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

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Name Meaning

Probably an altered form of German Kobs or Dutch and German Kops ; compare Copps .

English: variant of Cobb , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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