When John Mitchell Wolfe was born on 24 October 1935, in Dawson Creek, Peace River, British Columbia, Canada, his father, Jean Oliver Wolfe, was 26 and his mother, Mary Close, was 21. He died on 9 July 1938, at the age of 2.
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1909–1961 Male
1914–1988 Female
1934–2002 Male
1935–1938 Male
1938–2010 Male
1940–2016 Female
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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