Adah May Wolfe

Female10 November 1863–14 October 1942

Brief Life History 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 5 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 Beaman
1886–1978
Leola M Beaman
1888–1967
Clarence Roy Beaman
1890–1978
Lena M Beaman
1895–1987
Charlie Beaman
1896–1898
Maude Vesper Beaman
1901–1994

Sources (11)

  • 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"

Spouse and Children

Children (6)

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Parents and Siblings

Siblings (13)

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World Events (8)

1865

Age 2

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1881

Age 18

Historical Boundaries: 1881: Bourbon, Kansas, United States

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

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.

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