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Melba Cain 1914–1989 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 29 Oct 1914

Birth Location: Texas

Death Date: 21 Jan 1989

Death Location: Whittier, Calif.

Father: Waymon Cain

Mother: Lula Turpin

Spouse(s):

Children(s):

Melba Cain was born in 1914 in Texas, the child of Waymon Marvin Cain And Lula Belle Turpin. Melba Cain passed away in 1989 in Whittier, Calif..

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Biography

  • Melba Cain was born in 1914 in Texas, the child of Waymon Marvin Cain And Lula Belle Turpin.
  • Melba Cain passed away in 1989 in Whittier, Calif..

Immediate Family

Parents

Waymon Cain
1879–1972
Birth Location: Walhalla, SC
WC
Lula Turpin
1895–1972
Birth Location: Texas
LT

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Melba Cain's Ancestors

Self
Melba Cain
1914–1989
Birth Place: Texas
Parents
Waymon Marvin Cain
1879–1972
Walhalla, SC
Lula (Belle) Turpin
1895–1972
Texas
Grandparents
Henry (Melton) Cain
1855–1944
Oakway, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Eliza (Pickens) Gibson
1862–1948
Fairplay, Pickens, South Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Moses Cain
1830–1915
Lydia Hardin
1820–1883
Andrew Gibson
1819–1875
Mary Whitfield
1818–1880
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Cain
1795–1862
Mary Mason
1805–1883
Thomas Gibson
1792–1880
Martha Palmer
1797–1883
Lewis Sr
1789–1858
Helena Vandiver
1794–1857

Melba Cain's Timeline

2 Records

1914
29 Oct 1914
Birth of Melba Cain in Texas
Texas
1989
21 Jan 1989
Age 75
Death of Melba Cain in Whittier, Calif.
Whittier, Calif.

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 29 Oct 1914
    Event Place: Texas

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 21 Jan 1989
    Event Place: Whittier, Calif.
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