Brief Life History of Myrtle Eliza
When Myrtle Eliza Dennison was born on 19 June 1904, in Falls Mill, Braxton, West Virginia, United States, her father, Oren Calvin Dennison, was 20 and her mother, Elda M Carder, was 18. She married Clarence Odell Singleton on 23 December 1923, in Braxton, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Saltlick, Braxton, West Virginia, United States in 1930 and Salt Lick District, Braxton, West Virginia, United States in 1940. She died in August 1977, in Copen, Braxton, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Copen, Braxton, West Virginia, United States.
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- Myrtle E Dennison in household of Oren Dennison, "United States Census, 1920"
- Myrtle Eliza Dennison, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Myrtle E. Dennison, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Licencing Butchers
A law that makes it a crime to misbrand meat being sold as food, and ensures that the meat is slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Denis (see Dennis ) + -son. Compare Tennyson .
English (of Norman origin): from Anglo-Norman French deinzein, a burgess who enjoyed the privileges of those living deinz la cité ‘within the city’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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