Charles Granville Dawdy

Brief Life History of Charles Granville

Charles Granville Dawdy was born on 12 March 1896, in Greene, Illinois, United States. He married Nellie Beatrice Ford on 19 December 1916, in Township of Carrollton, Greene, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Patterson, Greene, Illinois, United States in 1942 and Hillview, Manitoba, Canada in 1973. He died on 22 April 1973, in Hillview, Greene, Illinois, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Pinetree Cemetery, Patterson, Greene, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Granville Dawdy
1896–1973
Nellie Beatrice Ford
1900–1984
Marriage: 19 December 1916
Cloyd Glenn Dawdy
1919–1999
Loeta Dawdy
Lavonne B Dawdy
1923–
Mardell B Dawdy
1925–
Lenora Marie Dawdy
1927–2022
Charles Emil Dawdy
1929–1979
Albert Lee Dawdy
1932–2022
Everett Nyle Dawdy
1936–2007

Sources (18)

  • Charles G Dawdy, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Charles Granville Dawdy - Individual or family possessions: birth: 11 March 1881; Winchester, Scott, Illinois, United States
  • Charles Granville Dawdy, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1903

Historical Boundaries: 1903: Greene, Illinois, United States

1917

U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.

Name Meaning

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Dubhda, which has usually been Anglicized as O'Dowd (see Dowd ), but also as Dowda and Duddy , forms which preserve the final vowel. This form is rare in Britain and Ireland.

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

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