Brief Life History of Miles Clayton
When Miles Clayton Hamm was born on 8 April 1900, in Van Buren, Iowa, United States, his father, William Hamm, was 39 and his mother, Hulda Ora Waddle, was 33. He married Mabel Mae Sidwell on 16 June 1924, in Van Buren, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Milton, Van Buren, Iowa, United States in 1915 and Chequest Township, Van Buren, Iowa, United States for about 20 years. He died on 28 November 1955, at the age of 55, and was buried in Ottumwa, Wapello, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (21)
- M. Clayton Ham in entry for Kennett Duane Ham, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Clayton Hamm, "Iowa State Census, 1905"
- Miles Clayton Hamm, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
Spouse and Children
1900–1955 Male
1905–1975 Female
Children (2)
1925–1993 Female
1928–2008 Male
Parents and Siblings
1861–1929 Male
1867–1935 Female
Siblings (5)
1888–1971 Male
1889–1982 Male
1894–1958 Female
1900–1955 Male
1902–1927 Male
World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
Age 1
1913 · The Completion of the Keokuk Dam
Age 13
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 16
Name Meaning
English (London): topographic name for someone who lived at a place called from Middle English ham(me), hom(me) (Old English hamm), which meant ‘land in a river bend’, ‘land hemmed in by marshland’, ‘wet land hemmed in by higher ground’, ‘river meadow’, or ‘cultivated plot on the edge of woodland or moor’. The topographic term is found mainly in the South Midlands and southern England. There are many farmsteads with this name in Devon and Sussex, five more substantial settlements called Ham or Hamp in Somerset, as well as East and West Ham in Essex, and places called Ham in Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Surrey, and Wiltshire. This form of the surname is also comparatively frequent in Ireland.
German: topographic name for someone who lived on land in a river bend, Old High German ham (see 1 above).
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): habitational name from any of numerous places called Hamm, mainly the city in Westphalia.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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