Myrtle Elizabeth Thornton-Nelson
1899–1975 (Age 75)
Crisfield, Somerset, Maryland, United States
The Life of Myrtle Elizabeth
Myrtle Elizabeth Thornton-Nelson was born on 30 September 1899, in Crisfield, Somerset, Maryland, United States. She died on 2 September 1975, in her hometown, at the age of 75, and was buried in Asbury Cemetery, Crisfield, Somerset, Maryland, United States.
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Myrtle Elizabeth Thornton-Nelson
1899–1975
Horace Addison Nelson
1875–1967
Spouse & Children
1899–1975Female
1875–1967Male
World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 1
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
Age 1
A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 20
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
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