Brief Life History of Mary Elizabeth
When Mary Elizabeth Wolfe was born on 15 December 1884, in Black River Falls, Jackson, Wisconsin, United States, her father, George Wolfe, was 34 and her mother, Alice Newlun, was 23. She married Arthur Orlando Parr on 25 December 1901, in Clinton, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Sugar Camp, Oneida, Wisconsin, United States in 1940 and La Farge, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States in 1968. She died on 23 December 1949, in Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Sugar Grove Cemetery, Bloomingdale, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Mary Parr in household of Arthur R Parr, "United States Census, 1910"
- Mary Wolf, "Wisconsin, Marriages, 1836-1930"
- Mary E Wolfe Parr, "Find A Grave Index"
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1885
Historical Boundaries: 1885: Oneida, Wisconsin, United States
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
about 1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wolf and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This is also a common spelling in Ireland (see also Woulfe ), particularly in counties Cork and Limerick, while in Germany this surname is very rare.
Americanized form of various other surnames meaning ‘wolf’, e.g. Hungarian Farkas , Czech and Slovak Vlk , Slovenian and other Slavic Volk , Vovk , and Vuk (see Wolf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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