Adah May Wolfe

10 November 1863–14 October 1942 (Age 78)
Indiana, United States

The Life Summary of Adah May

When Adah May Wolfe was born on 10 November 1863, in Indiana, United States, her father, Jacob Clark Wolf, was 39 and her mother, Harriett Beebe, was 31. She had at least 1 son and 6 daughters with Sylvester Hugh Beaman. She lived in Nevada, Vernon, Missouri, United States in 1920 and Scott Township, Bourbon, Kansas, United States in 1930. She died on 14 October 1942, in Bronson, Bourbon, Kansas, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sylvester Hugh Beaman
1860–1957
Adah May Wolfe
1863–1942
Pearl Stanley Beaman
1885–
Leola Beaman
1887–1968
Leona Beaman
1887–
Clarence Roy Beaman
1890–1978
Lena M Beaman
1895–1987
Charlie Beaman
1896–1898
Maude S Beaman
1901–1983

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World Events (8)

1865
Age 2
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · Slavery Abolished
Age 2
On January 11, 1865, slavery was abolished in Missouri.
1885 · The First Skyscraper
Age 22
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.

Name Meaning

(1997: 32761;2007: 62522; 2010: 83928)English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wolf and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This is also a common spelling in Ireland (see also Woulfe ), particularly in counties Cork and Limerick, while in Germany this surname is very rare.Americanized form of various other surnames meaning ‘wolf’, e.g. Hungarian Farkas , Czech and Slovak Vlk , Slovenian and other Slavic Volk , Vovk , and Vuk (see Wolf ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Wolf

Sources (10)

  • Adda M Wolf in household of Jacob C Wolf, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Ady Wolf, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
  • Ada M Beaman in household of Sylvester H Beaman, "United States Census, 1930"

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