Betty June McCaig (1923–1979) • FamilySearch

Betty June McCaig

2 June 1923–17 September 1979 (Age 56)
Centralia, Nemaha, Kansas, United States

The Life Summary of Betty June

When Betty June McCaig was born on 2 June 1923, in Centralia, Nemaha, Kansas, United States, her father, Roy Cleveland McCaig, was 38 and her mother, Beth Louise Guilford, was 37. She lived in Home Township, Nemaha, Kansas, United States in 1940. She died on 17 September 1979, in Centralia, Nemaha, Kansas, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Centralia, Nemaha, Kansas, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Byron Raymond Murphy

1923–1975

Betty June McCaig

1923–1979

Spouse and Children

Byron Raymond Murphy

Male1923–1975Male

Betty June McCaig

Female1923–1979Female

Parents and Siblings

Roy Cleveland McCaig

Male1884–1967Male

Beth Louise Guilford

Female1885–1980Female

Siblings

(2)

Richard Guilford McCaig

Male1914–1985Male

Betty June McCaig

Female1923–1979Female

World Events (8)

1927
Age 4

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

1927 · Kansas Adopts a Flag
Age 4

The flag of the State of Kansas was adopted on September 24, 1927. The flag was designed by Hazel Avery in 1925.

1938 · Electrification of Rural Kansas
Age 15

Power was supplied to rural Kansas, which had been hit hard by the depression, in March 1938. Many farmers could not afford the $5 hookups for electricity. As a result, Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act which provided loans to farmers who wanted electricity. Brown County became the first to receive service.

Name Meaning

McCaig

Betty

June

Irish (Galway) and Scottish (Ayr, Galloway): Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thaidhg (Scottish Gaelic Mac Thaoig) ‘son of Tadhg’, a name meaning ‘poet’, ‘philosopher’.

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

Possible Related Names

Cage

Coach

Haig

Kegg

McCague

McCoig

McKague

McKaig

McKeag

McKeage

McKeague

McTighe

McTigue

Tighe

Sources (4)

Betty J Mccaig in household of Roy C Mccaig, "United States Census, 1930"
Betty Q Mccaig in household of Roy C Mccaig, "United States Census, 1940"
Betty June Mccraig in entry for Raymond R Murphy and Diane L Mullen, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"

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