Valdamer Owen Mendenhall

Brief Life History of Valdamer Owen

When Valdamer Owen Mendenhall was born on 5 February 1896, in Bangor, Marshall, Iowa, United States, his father, James Owen Mendenhall, was 42 and his mother, Hessie Rocsanna Northam, was 40. He married Effie Fern LaBrie on 22 December 1913, in Vancouver, Clark, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Boring, Clackamas, Oregon, United States in 1930 and Brookings Election Precinct, Curry, Oregon, United States in 1940. He died on 30 March 1974, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Ward Memorial Cemetery, Brookings, Curry, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Valdamer Owen Mendenhall
1896–1974
Vernelda V Hunter
1902–1981
Marriage: 8 June 1917
Iola Margaret Mendenhall
1920–2007
Valdemer Alfred Mendenhall
1922–2011
Neva Mendenhall
1924–1998
Charles LaVerne Mendenhall
1929–1997

Sources (19)

  • Valdemer Mendenhall in household of O Mendenhall, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Valdemor Owen Mendenhall, "Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950"
  • Valdemer Alf Mendenhall, "Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008"

World Events (8)

1897

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Jessie L. Graham BIRTH unknown DEATH 24 May 1897 BURIAL Ward Memorial Cemetery Brookings, Curry County, Oregon, USA MEMORIAL ID 21897510 · View Source

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.

1917

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

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from either of two places called Mildenhall, in Suffolk and Wiltshire. Both placenames probably derive from an unattested Old English personal name Milda (genitive Mildan) + Old English halh ‘nook, corner of land’. The spelling Mendenhall is rare in Britain, where Mildenhall is more often found.

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

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