William Jacob Randall Dempster

Brief Life History of William Jacob Randall

When William Jacob Randall Dempster was born on 25 February 1884, in Fairfield Township, Fayette, Iowa, United States, his father, James Buchanan Dempster, was 27 and his mother, Sarah E Gray, was 22. He married Elizabeth Angeline Aldrich on 14 April 1909, in Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Delhi, Delaware, Iowa, United States in 1950. He died on 30 April 1951, in Manchester, Delaware, Iowa, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Delhi, Delaware, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Jacob Randall Dempster
1884–1951
Elizabeth Angeline Aldrich
1893–1978
Marriage: 14 April 1909
Ernest F. Dempster
1911–2002
Edwin Albert Dempster
1916–2004
Howard Cecil Dempster
1919–1971
Edna Marie Dempster
1923–2010
Kenneth Finley Demster
1930–1930
Arlin William Dempster
1931–2014
Roger Lee Dempster
1934–2014

Sources (37)

  • William J Dempster, "United States 1950 Census"
  • William Dempster, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • William Jacob Dempster, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

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Name Meaning

English, Manx, and Scottish: occupational name for a judge or arbiter of minor disputes, from Middle English demester(e) ‘judge’. Although this was originally a feminine form of the masculine dēmere (see Deamer ), by the Middle English period the suffix -stre had lost its feminine force, and the term was used of both sexes. The surname is not common in England, where the term was early replaced by Anglo-Norman French juge (see Judge ), but relatively frequent in Scotland, where until 1747 every laird of a barony could have certain offenses within his territory tried by his dempster, and on the Isle of Man, where deemsters also played an important part in the administration of justice.

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

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