Brief Life History of Retha Irene
When Retha Irene Hazlett was born on 3 March 1901, in Jewett, Cumberland, Illinois, United States, her father, George B. McClelland "Clell" Hazlett, was 39 and her mother, Virginia Josephine "Jennie" Trostel, was 32. She lived in Tuscola, Douglas, Illinois, United States in 1920 and Villa Grove, Douglas, Illinois, United States in 1940. She died on 10 January 1989, in Crow Wing, Crow Wing, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Villa Grove Cemetery, Villa Grove, Douglas, Illinois, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Retha Rodman in household of Herman D Rodman, "United States Census, 1940"
- Retha Irene Rodman, "Find A Grave Index"
- Betha Hazlett in household of Mcdowell Hazlett, "United States Census, 1910"
Spouse and Children
1891–1967 Male
1901–1989 Female
Parents and Siblings
1861–1945 Male
1868–1944 Female
Siblings (5)
1892–1976 Female
1894–1950 Male
1896– Male
1899–1901 Male
1901–1989 Female
World Events (8)
1902 · So Much Farm Land
Age 1
1906 · The End of Capital Punishment
Age 5
1927
Age 26
Name Meaning
English and northern Irish (Derry and Donegal):
topographic or habitational name from Middle English haslett (Old English hæslett) ‘hazel copse’. The name denotes a dweller by a hazel copse or someone from a place so named, such as Haslett Copse in Up Marden (Sussex), or any of several minor placenames in Essex, Kent, and Surrey.
topographic or habitational name from Middle English hesle, hasel (Old Norse hesli, Old English hæsel) ‘hazel’ + Middle English he(ve)d (Old English hēafod) ‘hill, head(land)’. There are several minor places with this name in Yorkshire, as well as Hazelhead in Lancaster, but the only one known to have produced a hereditary surname is Hazlehead in Rimington (Yorkshire), which is not far from Slaidburn and the border with Lancashire. The name was taken to Ulster, possibly before 1700 in Derry. It is partly or wholly through later Irish migration that the name appears so strongly in 18th- and 19th-century Lancashire and southwest Scotland, as well as in other parts of England, including Kent.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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