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Personal data Caroline Elizabeth Floyd 


Household of Caroline Elizabeth Floyd

She is married to Walter Theodore Murrer.

They got married on September 7, 1945 at Jacksonville, Duval Co., FL (Floyd home), she was 16 years old.

Walter Theodore Murrer oo Caroline Elizabeth Floyd

Marriage sources: Author: Murrer, Walter Theodore, Jr.; Title: Bowles chart, (Publication site: Jacksonville FL, Publisher: WTM, Publication date: received xxvii July MCMLXXXI) sent to Rose Navorska.
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Child(ren):

  1. Walter James Murrer  1947-2022 
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Notes about Caroline Elizabeth Floyd

Caroline Elizabeth Floyd

Sources: Author: Murrer, Walter Theodore, Jr.; Title: Bowles chart, (Publication site: Jacksonville FL, Publisher: WTM, Publication date: received xxvii July MCMLXXXI) sent to Rose Navorska.

Author: NN (family name not given), Patti B.; Title: "Carolyn Elizabeth Floyd Murrer," (Publication site: Lehi UT, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: vi Dec MMXX)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219447451/carolyn-elizabeth-murrer

"Photo [photo & article about a couple's wedding] added by PattiB
Picture of [Mrs. Walter T. Murrer with short article about marriage] Added by PattiB

Carolyn Elizabeth Floyd Murrer Birth 12 Nov 1928 Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA Death 20 Jan 2018 (aged 89) Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA Burial Cremated Memorial ID 219447451

Gravesite Details Cremated - There is no burial place or marker.

Parents
[photo-man] George Henry Floyd 1902-1955
[photo-woman] Willie Dewight Watson Shore Floyd 1907-1994

Spouse
[photo-man] Walter Theodore Murrer 1922-2001 (m. 1945)

Siblings

[photo-George's military style grave marker on plot shared with Charlotte P. Floyd] George Henry Floyd 1926-2016

Children

[photo-Walter's military-style stone] Walter James Murrer 1947-2022

Created by: PattiB Added: 6 Dec 2020 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 219447451"

Author: NN (anonymous), Title: "Carolyn Murrer," (Publication location: Jacksonville FL, Publisher: The Florida Times-Union, Publication date:iii Feb MMXVIII)

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/timesunion/name/carolyn-murrer-obituary?id=32422716

"Carolyn Murrer 1928-2018

Carolyn Murrer obituary, 1928-2018, Jacksonville, FL

BORN 1928 DIED 2018

Funeral Home Corey-Kerlin Funeral Homes & Crematory - West Jacksonville Rowe Ave 1426 Rowe Avenue Jacksonville, Florida

Carolyn Murrer Obituary

MURRER

Carolyn Murrer, 89, passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 20, 2018, at Lakeside Nursing Home. Carolyn was born Caroline Elizabeth Floyd on November 12, 1928 to parents George Henry and Willie DeWhite (nee Watson) Floyd. She attended Andrew Jackson High School and was a lifelong resident of Jacksonville, Florida. Carolyn was baptized May 13, 1933 at Main Street United Methodist Church and she later became a member of Epperson Memorial United Methodist Church which is now Wesley Fellowship.

On September 14, 1945 she married Walter Theodore Murrer in her parent's home on E. 63rd Street in Jacksonville. They were married for 56 years until his death in 2001.

For many years Carolyn worked at J&W Engine Service, a family business that was founded by her husband Walt and their son, Joe. Prior to her marriage Carolyn worked at the soda fountain at Panama Drug Store on Main Street.

Carolyn was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Walter T. Murrer; son-in-law,
Terry Henley; parents, George and Willie (nee Watson) Floyd; and her brother, George H. Floyd.

Carolyn is survived by her four children: Walter James (Linda Hoover), Susan Elizabeth Henley, Joseph William (Mary Wilkes) and Patti Lee Brueggemann (John). She had ten grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.

Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am, Saturday, February 3 in the chapel of Corey-Kerlin Funeral Home, 1426 Rowe Ave. The family will receive friends Saturday, from 10:00 am until service time.

The family would like to thank the staff of Lakeside Nursing Home for their loving care of their mother and request that in lieu of flowers donations may be made to Community Hospice of Northeast Florida.
Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com

Published by Florida Times-Union on Feb. 3, 2018."

Photo & article regarding the Walter Murrer - Caroline Floyd wedding - provenance unknown:

[Photo of man & woman]

BRIDEGROOM AND BRIDE-Mr. and Mrs. Walter T. Murrer were married September 7 in the bride's home. Mrs. Murrer is the former Miss Carolyn Elizabeth Floyd, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Floyd

Miss Floyd is Bride at Home

Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Floyd of this city announce the marriage of their daugher, Carolyn Elizabeth, to Waler T. Murrer of Broughton, Ga. and Jacksonville on September 7.

The ceremony was performed in the home of the bride's parents, 110 East Sixty-third Street, at 6 P. M., with the Rev. O. Sewell Parmer of the Main Street Methodist Church officiating.

Burning tapers illuminated the mantel. which was banked with ferns and white, lavender and purple asters.

Miss Floyd selected a grey suit with black accessories and a corsage of rosebuds. She wore a string of pearls, the gift of the bridegroom.

The bride's mother chose navy blue and a corsage of white asters.

Following the ceremony a reception was held, after which the bride and bridegroom left for Pennsylvania on their wedding trip.

Mr. Murrer is associated with Ntional Airlines.

The couple will be at home in this city after October 1."

Text of newspaper article, provinenance unknown:

"[photograph of a woman]-caption under picture: BRIDE OF SEPTEMBER 7-Mrs. Walter T. Murrer was Miss Carolyn Elizabeth Floyd, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Floyd, before her marriage on Friday, Mr. Murrer is the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Murrer of Broughton, Pa."
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Caroline Elizabeth Floyd
1928-2018

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1922-2001

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1947-2022
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Historical events

Birthday November 12, 1928

  • The temperature on November 12, 1928 was between 9.5 °C and 13.3 °C and averaged 11.7 °C. There was 2.3 mm of rain. The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from March 8, 1926 to August 10, 1929 the cabinet De Geer I, with Jonkheer mr. D.J. de Geer (CHU) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1928: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 7.6 million citizens.
    • June 18 » Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
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    • August 27 » The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
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    • November 12 » SSVestris sinks approximately 200 miles (320km) off Hampton Roads, Virginia, killing at least 110 passengers, mostly women and children who die after the vessel is abandoned.
    • November 22 » The premier performance of Ravel's Boléro takes place in Paris.

Christening day May 13, 1933

  • The temperature on May 13, 1933 was between 0.7 °C and 14.5 °C and averaged 8.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain during 1.0 hours. There was 2.3 hours of sunshine (15%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 10, 1929 to May 26, 1933 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck III, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from May 26, 1933 to July 31, 1935 the cabinet Colijn II, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1933: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 8.2 million citizens.
    • January 28 » The name Pakistan is coined by Choudhry Rahmat Ali Khan and is accepted by Indian Muslims who then thereby adopted it further for the Pakistan Movement seeking independence.
    • February 3 » Adolf Hitler announces that the expansion of Lebensraum into Eastern Europe, and its ruthless Germanisation, are the ultimate geopolitical objectives of Third Reich foreign policy.
    • March 4 » Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the 32nd President of the United States.
    • May 6 » The Deutsche Studentenschaft attacked Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, later burning many of its books.
    • August 1 » Anti-Fascist activists Bruno Tesch, Walter Möller, Karl Wolff and August Lütgens are executed by the Nazi regime in Altona.
    • October 10 » A United Airlines Boeing 247 is destroyed by sabotage, the first such proven case in the history of commercial aviation.

Day of marriage September 7, 1945

  • The temperature on September 7, 1945 was between 7.6 °C and 19.7 °C and averaged 12.9 °C. There was 3.2 hours of sunshine (24%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the north-northeast. Source: KNMI
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  • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 23, 1945 to June 24, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy III, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
  • From June 24, 1945 till July 3, 1946 the Netherlands had a cabinet Schermerhorn - Drees with the prime ministers Prof. ir. W. Schermerhorn (VDB) and W. Drees (PvdA).
  • In the year 1945: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 9.2 million citizens.
    • February 19 » World War II: Battle of Iwo Jima: About 30,000 United States Marines land on the island of Iwo Jima.
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Day of death January 20, 2018

  • The temperature on January 20, 2018 was between 0.8 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 2.2 °C. There was 1.1 mm of rain during 2.0 hours. There was 0.4 hours of sunshine (5%). The heavily clouded was. The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem-Alexander (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 2013 up to present prince from the Netherlands (also called Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from Thursday, October 26, 2017 to present the cabinet Rutte III, with Mark Rutte (VVD) as prime minister.
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    • The Netherlands had about 17.2 million citizens.
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