Mary Elizabeth Kuykendall

Female4 December 1926–4 November 1985

Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth

When Mary Elizabeth Kuykendall was born on 4 December 1926, in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States, her father, Herman Haynes Kuykendall, was 27 and her mother, Cosette Evelyn Ricker, was 23. She lived in Conroe, Montgomery, Texas, United States in 1930 and Justice Precinct 7, Montgomery, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 4 November 1985, in Bryan, Brazos, Texas, United States, at the age of 58.

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Family Time Line

Herman Haynes Kuykendall
1899–1973
Cosette Evelyn Ricker
1903–1983
George Elliott Tex Kuykendall
1925–2020
Private Kuykendall
Mary Elizabeth Kuykendall
1926–1985
Donald Ivan Kuykendall
1931–1965
Shirley Lynne Kuykendall
1934–1991
Richard Winston KuyKendall
1935–2020
Barbara Ann Kuykendall
1938–2000
Eunice Carol Kuykendall
1942–1977

Sources (5)

  • Mary E Kuykenball in household of Herman Kuykenball, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Mary Elizabeth Kuykendell, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
  • Mary Elizabeth Kuykendall in entry for Leo Ray Jr. Burnett, "Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997"

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World Events (8)

1927

Age 1

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

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Age 3

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1942 · The Japanese American internment

Age 16

Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch Koekendaal or Koekendal: habitational name from a farmhouse so named near Doetinchem in Gelderland province, from daal, dal ‘valley’ and kuiken, kieken ‘chicken’. Both original Dutch forms are quite rare in the Netherlands. Compare Coykendall , Kirkendall and Kuykendoll .

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

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