Rudy Alburn Wolfe

Brief Life History of Rudy Alburn

When Rudy Alburn Wolfe was born on 24 August 1887, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, his father, George Washington Wolfe, was 37 and his mother, Adella Margaret Beaver, was 34. He married Della Catherine Morris in 1908, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Elk, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and Elk District, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States for about 10 years. He died on 17 August 1949, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Baxter Cemetery, Aarons, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rudy Alburn Wolfe
1887–1949
Della Catherine Morris
1887–1925
Marriage: 1908
Opal Gladys Wolfe
1910–
Iva Mae Wolf
1912–1987
Ivan Clay Wolfe
1912–1998
Elbert Jiles Wolfe
1917–2001
Mayme Wolfe
1923–1987

Sources (14)

  • Rudy Wolfe, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Ruda Wolfe, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Rudy Albun Wolfe, "United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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1890 · Woman's Suffrage

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1904

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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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