Brief Life History of Russell Leon
When Russell Leon Cabana was born on 1 October 1916, in Newyork, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Charles M Cabana, was 45 and his mother, Ada Mae Saddlesom, was 35. He married Ruth Alice Wende on 6 April 1946, in Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States in 1920 and Kenmore, Erie, New York, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1941. He died on 4 November 1971, in Richmond, Virginia, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Westhampton Memorial Park, Tuckahoe, Henrico, Virginia, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Russell Cabana in household of Charles Cabana, "United States Census, 1920"
- Russell L Cabana, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"
- Russell Leon Cabana, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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World Events (8)
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
1917 · Women Given the Right to Vote in New York
Voters in New York approve a bill giving women the right to vote. This is passed three years prior to the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution which allowed women to vote nationwide.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Andre, Armand, Adrien, Blanchard, Camille, Herve, Marcel, Normand, Philippe, Valmond. Spanish Carlos, Juan, Rolando, Alberto, Alfredo, Aniceta, Armando, Augusto, Blanca, Cornelio, Elena, Elina.
Spanish (Cabaña), Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese: topographic name from Spanish cabaña or Catalan, Galician, and Portuguese cabana ‘hut, cabin’ (from Late Latin capanna, a word of Celtic or ancient Germanic origin), or a habitational name from a place called with any of these words.
French: variant of Cabanac (and, in North America, an altered form of this), a habitational name from a place so named in Haute-Garonne, Hautes-Pyrénées, and Gironde, ultimately derived from Late Latin capanna (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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