Pierce G Tyrrell (1920 - 2015)

Born 7 Nov 1920 in Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States [uncertain]

Ancestors

Died 25 Aug 2015 at age 94 in La Grange, Cook, Illinois, United States

Biography

Pierce Tyrrell has Irish ancestors.

Pierce was born in 1920. He was the son of Pierce Tyrrell and Margaret Geddes. He passed away in 2015.

Birth

1920. ^[1]

Education

1942. Graduate, Mechanical Engineering. Purdue University. ^[1]

Military

Pierce G Tyrrell, born 7 Nov 1920 in Elgin, Illinois, employer listed as Student registered for the WWII draft. eye color: Blue, Hair color: Brown, Household members: Pierce G Tyrrell, Next of kin: P C Tyrrell.^[2]

Marriage

1955. Pierce G Tyrell, age 34 married Marcia J Millspaugh, age 27, on 12 Nov 1955 in San Francisco, California, USA. ^[3], ^[4]

Engagement notice reads:

New bride-elect is Marcia Joan Millspaugh, whose engagement to Pierce Geddes Tyrrell was announced at a recent luncheon. The future bride is the daughter of the R. Clark Miilspaughs of Palo Alto. She attended Dominican College in San Rafael and San Jose State College where she belonged to Kappa KapDa Gamma. Her fiance, son of the Pierce Crawford Tyrrells of Elgin. , studied at Purdue University. A November wedding Is planned.

^[5], ^[6], ^[7]

Census Records

1930 US. ^[8] Note: Occupation: None.
1940 US. ^[9] Note: Occupation: Not listed.
Note: Surname spelled as Tyrell instead of Tyrrell.

Public Records Index

01 Nov 1987-31 Dec 1996: ^[10]

Death

2015. ^[1]

Obituary

Death notice for PIERCE G. TYRRELL, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 27 Aug 2015; digital images, Newspapers.com (News clipping]), accessed December 2020, citing original p.2-7.

Burial

2015. Bluff City Cemetery. Find A Grave: Memorial #151285048 ^[1]

Research Notes

1. Survived by his three daughters, Julie (Kevin) McLaughlin, Susan (Thomas) Richards, and Ann (T.J.) Corbin, five grandchildren, three step-grandchildren, one great grandchild and five step great grandchildren. He is also survived by his sister Mary (Richard) Myers of Lake Geneva, WI. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Find a Grave, database and images (Pierce Tyrrell : accessed 03 September 2021), memorial page for Pierce Tyrrell (7 Nov 1920–25 Aug 2015), Find a Grave Memorial ID 151285048, citing Bluff City Cemetery, Elgin, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
2. ↑ U.S., World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, The National Archives in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, database online; Ancestry.com (Record link/Free shareable image), accessed December 2020.
3. ↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL4Y-DXZ3 : 22 July 2021), Pierce G Tyrell and Marcia J Millspaugh, 12 Nov 1955; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004386013.
4. ↑ "California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL41-6CC5 : 22 July 2021), Pierce G Tyrell and Marcia J Millspaugh, 12 Nov 1955; citing Marriage, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States, San Francisco Public Library, California; FamilySearch digital folder 004353005.
5. ↑ The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, 11 Sep 1955; digital images, Newspapers.com
6. ↑ News clipping]), accessed December 2020, citing original p.92.
7. ↑ Marriage of Millspaugh / Tyrrell, The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, 1 Jan 1956; digital images, Newspapers.com (News clipping), accessed December 2020, citing original p.28.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XSBS-WJ1 : accessed 4 September 2021), Pierce G Tyrrell in household of P C Tyrrell, Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 69, sheet 2A, line 43, family 38, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 525; FHL microfilm 2,340,260.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWHG-8M2 : 8 January 2021), Pierce Tyrell in household of Pierce C Tyrell, Elgin, Kane, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 45-75, sheet 7A, line 28, family 162, 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 821.
10. ↑ "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KGLF-YHR : 22 May 2014), Pierce G Tyrrell, Residence, La Grange Park, Illinois, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.