Myrtle (Patrick) Petty (1908 - 1956)

Born 1 Sep 1908 in Missouri, United States

Wife of George Chlithorn Petty — married 25 Oct 1932 in Hot Spring, Arkansas, United States

Died 2 Feb 1956 at age 47 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, United States of America

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Biography

Birth

According to Myrtle's Certificate of Death, she was born on September 1, 1908.

Myrtle was born on September 1, 1904. Place of birth is unknown at this time. Find A Grave: Memorial #5634870 (Picture of Tombstone)

Death

According to her Death Certificate, Myrtle died on February 2, 1956 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee. She was 47 and was born on September 1, 1908. Her father was George Patrick and her mother was Hattie Pellerin. Her husband was George C. Petty, who was also the informant. She died from cirrhosis of the liver.^[1]

She is buried in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Pleasant Hill, Garland, Arkansas. She was 52. Note: This is incorrect, according to her death certificate. So, for now, I'm entering the dates according to her Certificate of Death.

The Courier News in Memphis, Tennessee, printed her obituary naming her husband, George C. Petty and children as Robert ("Bobby") Lewis and J. B. Lewis (Jennings Bryan II.), both from her previous marriage (Jennings Bryan Lewis I.). This obit shows that she was born about 1908 and died about 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee.

Timeline

Marriages

She was previously married to Jennings Lewis on April 22, 1920 and they divorced on October 14, 1932. They had two children together.

Myrtle was married to G. C. Petty on October 25, 1932 in Hot Spring, Arkansas.^[2]

Census

1910 Census. George F. Patrick was 31 b. in Missouri living with his spouse, Hattie, who was 29, along with 2 daughters and 2 sons in St. Francois, Missouri. The children were as follows:

1. Lottie age 10 b.;
2. Alvin age 8;
3. Myrtle age 6; and
4. Lloyd age 3.^[3]

1920 Census. George was 40 years old b. in 1880 and was living with his spouse, Hattie, who was 32 b. in 1888 in Hot Springs, Garland, Arkansas. There were four sons and a daughter in the home. The entire family was born in Missouri. The children were as follows:

1. Myrtle age 16;
2. Loyd age 13;
3. James age 5;
4. Robert age 3; and
5. Alvin age 18.^[4]

1940 Census. G. G. age 40 b. in TX was living with his spouse, Myrtle, age 35 b. in Missouri. They were living in Alice, Justice Precinct 1, Jim Wells, Texas. No children were in the household. According to this Census, she was born in 1904 or 1905 - Not sure what her dob is.^[5]

Records

Notes

Note: Any links to FAG of any dates and places of this person's purported birth and death, purported date of marriage, spouses, children, relatives or any other information are per the creator of a memorial on FAG. They are subject to considerable revision, after careful review of all known historical facts, by the current genealogists of Wikitree with details to follow.

Sources

1. ↑ Tennessee, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1965.
2. ↑ Arkansas, U. S., County Marriages Index, 1837-1957
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2B1-3P4 : accessed 29 August 2022), George F Patrick, St Francois, St Francois, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 94, sheet 9A, family 164, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 808; FHL microfilm 1,374,821.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRJ9-WY1?cc=1488411&wc=QZJY-FGL%3A1036470101%2C1038869701%2C1037516201%2C1589332317 : 9 September 2019), Arkansas > Garland > Hot Springs > ED 74 > image 19 of 30; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW2W-9GM : 14 March 2018), G C Petty, Alice, Justice Precinct 1, Jim Wells, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 125-1A, sheet 7A, line 40, family 158, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4081.