Myrtle A (Melby) Beach (1893 - 1964)

Born 15 Jan 1893 in Menomonie, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Johannes Sims — married 24 Feb 1913 in Bonner, Idaho, United States

Descendants

Died 23 Oct 1964 at age 71 in Scarborough, York, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

Myrtle was born in 1893. She is the daughter of Erick Arntson Melby and Ingeborg Olsdatter Estenstad.^[1][2][3][4] She married John Sims February 24, 1913.^[5][6] She divorced John Sims and married Thomas Bates June 12, 1923 in Cranbrook, B.C., Canada.^[7] She married Arnold M. Beach in 1927. She died in 1964.^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth: "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRJ3-Y4M : 30 January 2020), Melby, 1893.
2. ↑ Her father's obituary: "Erick Melby", The Dunn County News; Menomonie, Wisconsin; 26 November 1931, page 3. (https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/542811985/ Accessed 7 November 2023.)
3. ↑ 1900 US Fed Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMKX-L9X : accessed 28 April 2021), Merotle Melby in household of Erid C Melby, Menominee city Ward 1 & 3, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 87, sheet 6B, family 107, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,787.
4. ↑ 1910 US Fed Census: "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPVR-T3T : accessed 28 April 2021), Myrtle Melbye in household of Erich Melbye, Menomonie Ward 1, Dunn, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 115, sheet 12A, family 209, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1709; FHL microfilm 1,375,722.
5. ↑ Marriage: "United States Western States Marriage Index", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XZKS-3XR : 19 October 2018), John Sims and Myrtle Melby, 1913.
6. ↑ 1920 US Fed Census: "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDCJ-NK1 : accessed 23 Oct 2014), Myrtle A Sims in household of John Sims, Eastport, Boundary, Idaho, United States; citing sheet 1B, family 18, NARA microfilm publication T625, FHL microfilm 1820289.
7. ↑ 2nd Marriage: "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD89-LMF : 22 February 2021), Thomas Bates and Myrtle Allette Sims, 12 Jun 1923; citing Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, British Columbia Archives film number B13746, Vital Statistics Agency, Victoria; FHL microfilm 2,074,316.
8. ↑ Find-a-Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101239800/myrtle-alette-beach