Brief Life History of Miles Walter
When Miles Walter Odell was born on 12 January 1890, in Clinton, Iowa, United States, his father, John Frank Odell, was 32 and his mother, Anna Maria Nicholson, was 33. He married Christine Hansen on 27 October 1911, in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Rapids City, Rock Island, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Richmond, Virginia, United States in 1920. He died on 25 October 1946, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Miles W Odell, "United States Census, 1920"
- Miles W Odell, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
- Miles W. Odell, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"
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1892 · The Chicago Canal
The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.
1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument
On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Odell, a place in Bedfordshire, which derives from Old English wād ‘woad’ (a plant collected for the blue dye that could be obtained from it) + hyll ‘hill’. The spelling O'Dell is not Irish, but a creation by folk etymology, found first among English migrants to Limerick. Compare Waddell . — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau does not distinguish between the surnames O'Dell and Odell .
Altered form of Swedish Odell , as if of Irish origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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