Thelma Irene May

Female24 March 1919–3 July 2002

Brief Life History of Thelma Irene

When Thelma Irene May was born on 24 March 1919, in Middletown, Butler, Ohio, United States, her father, John Henry May, was 32 and her mother, Elva E Nickell, was 34. She married Jasper Bell Hollingsworth on 25 August 1956, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States. She died on 3 July 2002, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 83.

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Jasper Bell Hollingsworth
1916–1958
Thelma Irene May
1919–2002
Marriage: 25 August 1956

Sources (8)

  • Thelma I May, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Thelma Hollingswort, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Mrs Thelma Hollingsworth, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 August 1956Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1920

    Age 1

    The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

    1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

    Age 10

    Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

    1941

    Age 22

    Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English male personal name May, a pet form of Matthew (see Mayhew ).

    English, Dutch, and German: from a personal name or nickname taken from the month of May (Middle English, Old French mai, Middle High German meie, from Latin Maius (mensis), from Maia, a minor Roman goddess of fertility). This name was sometimes bestowed on someone born or baptized in the month of May; it was also used to refer to someone of a sunny disposition, or who had some anecdotal connection with the month of May, such as owing a feudal obligation then. In England, this name was possibly also a pet form of Mary or Margaret. This surname is also found in France (Alsace and Lorraine) and Denmark.

    English: nickname from Middle English mey, may ‘kinsman’.

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

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