Myrtle Agnes Martelle1

(December 2, 1904 - December 15, 2001)
Myrtle Agnes Martelle|b. Dec 2, 1904\nd. Dec 15, 2001|p101.htm|John Baptist Martelle|b. May 15, 1872\nd. 1921|p1006.htm|Elizabeth Eleanor Jolivette|b. Feb 17, 1877\nd. 1917|p1007.htm|Camille Martelle|b. 1827\nd. 1918|p1008.htm|Aurelia Richemond|b. 1828\nd. 1918|p1009.htm|Francois Jolivette||p1016.htm|Charolette E. Goyette||p1017.htm|
Myrtle Martelle (age 20), French Island, La Crosse, Wisconsin
     Myrtle Agnes Martelle was born on Friday, December 2, 1904 in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wisconsin, daughter of John Baptist Martelle and Elizabeth Eleanor Jolivette.2,1

Her Social Security Number was issued in in Wisconsin.2

At age 21, Myrtle married John Wilkinson on Wednesday, August 18, 1926 in Winona, Winona County, Minnesota. John was 20 years old. He was the son of Edward Wilkinson and Glendora Dewitt.3,1

Myrtle appeared on the Wellington, Monroe County, Wisconsin, US census of April 19, 1930 living with her husband, John. She was 25 years old. Their son Thomas was five months old.4

Myrtle and John lived in Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado, around the year 2000 (their last residence).5

Myrtle died on Saturday, December 15, 2001 in Gunnison. She was 97 years old. (About two weeks past her 97th birthday.).2 She was laid to rest in Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado.6
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1st row Myrtle A., James E., John R. 2nd row Richard A., Thomas M.

Children of Myrtle Agnes Martelle and John Wilkinson

Citations

  1. [S90] Interview with Thomas Wilkinson (Gunnison, Colorado), by Susan J. Noyes, 08 May 2004. Susan Noyes' Research Compilation (Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA), Family Tree Chart.
  2. [S15] Social Security Death Index. Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
  3. [S93] Certificate of Marriage for John Wilkinson and Myrtle Martelle, Thomas Wilkinson Research Compilation, Wilkinson Family Photo and History Album, Gunnison, Gunnison County, Colorado. Hereinafter cited as Certificate of Marriage.
  4. [S131] 1930 US Census, 1930 Wisconsin, Monroe, Wellington, p. 4a.
  5. [S15] Social Security Death Index. Hereinafter cited as SSDI.
  6. [S90] Interview with Thomas Wilkinson (Gunnison, Colorado), by Susan J. Noyes, 08 May 2004. Susan Noyes' Research Compilation (Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA).
  7. [S105] Tom Wilkinson, "Tom Wilkinson's Compilation of Familly History and Photo Album" (Gunnison, Colorado). Hereinafter cited as "Tom Wilkinson's Family History Collection."
 


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