Brief Life History of Myrtle Irene
When Myrtle Irene Telford Howard was born on 9 October 1906, in Sentinel, Washita, Oklahoma, United States, her father, Frank Edward Telford, was 28 and her mother, Eva Emma Collins Telford, was 25. She married Ervin Smith Howard on 30 September 1923, in Bryan, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. She lived in Justice Precinct 6, Gregg, Texas, United States in 1940 and Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States in 1950. She died on 10 March 1992, in Bowie, Texas, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Texarkana, Bowie, Texas, United States.
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Sources (11)
- Myrtle Howard, "United States 1950 Census"
- Myrtle Telford, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Myrtle Irene Howard, "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998"
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World Events (8)
1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
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.
1929
13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.
Name Meaning
English (northern): not, as its form would imply, a habitational name, even though there is a place in Shropshire so called, but a variant of Telfer , assimilated to the pattern of habitational names in -ford. The Shropshire place is a new town, named after the celebrated Scottish civil engineer Thomas Telford (1757–1834).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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