Brief Life History of Blanche West
When Blanche West Clay was born on 25 September 1900, in Pleasant Shade, Smith, Tennessee, United States, her father, William Young Clay, was 38 and her mother, Annie Campbell Kittrell, was 37. She married Carter Helm "Jimmy" Wells on 23 June 1929, in Tennessee, United States. She lived in Civil District 4, Smith, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Clinton, Anderson, Tennessee, United States in 1940. She died on 6 January 1968, at the age of 67.
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Sources (5)
- Blanch Clay in household of William Z Clay, "United States Census, 1910"
- Blanche West Wells, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
- Blanche Clay Wells in entry for Carter Helm Wells, "Tennessee Death Records, 1914-1955"
Spouse and Children
1901–1961 Male
1900–1968 Female
Parents and Siblings
1862–1932 Male
1863–1932 Female
Siblings (8)
1885–1965 Female
1886–1932 Male
1888–1957 Male
1890–1891 Male
1892–1961 Male
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
Age 1
1901 · Theodore Roosevelt becomes the Twenty-sixth President of the United States
Age 1
1918 · Attempting to Stop the War
Age 18
Name Meaning
English (Midlands and Yorkshire): from Old English clǣg ‘clay’, applied as a topographic name for someone who lived in an area of clay soil, a habitational name for someone who lived in a district known as (the) Clay, such as the one in east Notinghamshire, or as a metonymic occupational name for a worker in a clay pit (see Clayman ).
Americanized form of German Klee .
History: The relatively common English name Clay had several American forebears in the 18th century. Henry Clay, born in Hanover, VA, in 1777, secretary of state for President John Quincy Adams, was descended from English ancestors who came to VA shortly after the founding of Jamestown. The revolutionary war officer Joseph Clay, also a member of the Continental Congress, was a native of Yorkshire, England, who emigrated to GA in 1760 and was a founder of the University of Georgia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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