When Clyde West was born in July 1898, in Nebraska, United States, his father, Robert L West, was 38 and his mother, Mary Nancy Allen, was 25. He lived in Herman, Washington, Nebraska, United States in 1900.
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1859–1923 Male
1872–1903 Female
1894–1965 Male
1895–1931 Male
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1900–1946 Female
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English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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