Murdell Thrasher

Brief Life History of Murdell

When Murdell Thrasher was born on 13 August 1913, in Milam, Texas, United States, her father, Virgil Huey Thrasher, was 25 and her mother, Myrl Young, was 19. She had at least 1 son with James Pool. She lived in Garvin, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Justice Precinct 5, Falls, Texas, United States in 1930.

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James Pool
Murdell Thrasher
1913–
Milton Pool

Sources (3)

  • Mirdell Thrasher in household of Virgil Thrasher, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Murdell Thrasher in entry for Milton Gordon Pool, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"
  • Mudell Thresher in household of V H Thresher, "United States Census, 1930"

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World Events (8)

1914 · Steamboat Service Established with New York

Satilla was the first Deepwater Steamship to arrive at the port of Houston. This accomplishment successfully established a steamboat service between Houston and New York City.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1944 · The G.I Bill

The G.I. Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning World War II veterans that were on active duty during the war and weren't dishonorably discharged. The goal was to provide rewards for all World War II veterans. The act avoided life insurance policy payouts because of political distress caused after the end of World War I. But the Benefits that were included were: Dedicated payments of tuition and living expenses to attend high school, college or vocational/technical school, low-cost mortgages, low-interest loans to start a business, as well as one year of unemployment compensation. By the mid-1950s, around 7.8 million veterans used the G.I. Bill education benefits.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English thressher ‘thresher’, a derivative of Old English therscan, threscan, thryscan ‘to thresh’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Drescher .

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

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