Thora Belle Campbell

Brief Life History of Thora Belle

When Thora Belle Campbell was born on 2 May 1909, in Wisterman, Putnam, Ohio, United States, her father, Warren Eldon Campbell, was 26 and her mother, Grace Adele Aultman, was 27. She married Harry Lamar Aldrich on 3 October 1930, in New Cumberland, Hancock, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Monroe Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Delphos, Washington Township, Van Wert, Ohio, United States in 1940. She died on 31 October 2001, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Sidney, Clinton Township, Shelby, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harry Lamar Aldrich
1906–1972
Thora Belle Campbell
1909–2001
Marriage: 3 October 1930
Lester Kyle Aldrich II
1936–2006
Barbara Ann Aldrich
1940–1941
Lou Aldrich
1943–2005

Sources (15)

  • Thora Campbell in household of Warren Campbell, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Thora Bell Campbell, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Thora B Campbell, "Ohio, County Marriages for marriage date 2 May 1933

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Name Meaning

Scottish: nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + beul ‘mouth’. As a result of folk etymology, the surname was often represented in Latin documents as de bello campo ‘of the fair field’, which led to the name sometimes being ‘translated’ into Anglo-Norman French as Beauchamp .

Irish (North Armagh): adopted for Gaelic Mac Cathmhaoil ‘son of Cathmhaol’ (literally ‘battle chief’): see Caulfield and Cowell .

English: variant of Camel , under the influence of the Scottish name (see 1 above).

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

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