Brief Life History of Luther Luke
When Luther Luke Sorrell was born on 1 April 1922, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Manley Eugene Sorrell, was 33 and his mother, Myrtle Nellie Lambert, was 31. He lived in Civil District 11, Carter, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 30 September 2018, at the age of 96, and was buried in Henderson, North Carolina, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Luther Sorrell in household of Eugne M Lorrell, "United States Census, 1930"
- Luther Sorrell, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- Luther Luke Sorrell, "Find A Grave Index"
Parents and Siblings
1888–1965 Male
1890–1972 Female
Siblings (8)
1909–2002 Female
1911–2001 Male
1915–1916 Male
1918–2017 Female
1919–2016 Male
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World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 1
1931 · The Parthenon is Built
Age 9
1947 · The Presidential Succession Act
Age 25
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex and Essex): nickname for someone with reddish-brown hair, from Middle English and Old French sorel ‘reddish-brown, chestnut-colored’ (see Sorel ).
Altered form of French Canadian Sorel 2 and, in some cases, possibly also of French Sorel 1, a cognate of 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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