Researching Mary Petty
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 2964 people with the Petty surname? In that year Petty was ranked number 1361 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Mary means "bitter" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Mary Petty on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Mary Petty and the Petty Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Petty Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Petty family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2719 people with the Petty surname in the UK? Petty is now ranked number 1949 for popularity in the UK. |
Petty Family Tree Databases
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Petty Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 45574 people with the Petty surname in the USA? Petty is ranked number 142 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Petty Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on Mary Petty. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Mary Petty
Mary Lou Petty
Mary Lou Petty (April 5, 1915 – April 2, 2014), also known by her married name Mary Lou Skok, was an American competition swimmer. She competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics and placed fourth in the 400-meter freestyle event.
Petty was born in Spokane, Washington. She was an adept swimmer by the age of 8 and began swimming competitively at the age of 13. She had originally prepared to compete in the 1932 Summer Olympics, but the failure of her family's business during the Great Depression prevented her from acquiring the necessary financial backing. After becoming engaged to Bob Skok and taking a job as a secretary at Montgomery Ward, she moved to Seattle and qualified for the 400-meter freestyle at the 1936 Summer Games, having swum out of the Washington Athletic Club for the past three years. During this inter-Olympic period she set several national records. Her roommate on the boat to Berlin was Eleanor Holm Jarrett. Despite food poisoning, she managed to place fourth in the competition and later recalled observing both German Leader Adolf Hitler and athlete Jesse Owens at the Games. Upon her return to New York, she married Skok and eventually moved to Los Angeles, after he decided to pursue optometry. During World War II she helped build wings for the Lockheed Hudson bomber and the two remained together until his death on March 27, 1998. Until her death she resided in Arizona. She died on April 2, 2014, at the age of 98.
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