Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Mader was born on 7 June 1861, in Piqua, Miami, Ohio, United States, his father, John Fredrick Mader, was 28 and his mother, Catharine Brehm, was 24. He married Mary Gertrude Petersen on 15 November 1888, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Prairie Creek Township, Hall, Nebraska, United States for about 5 years and Hall, Nebraska, United States in 1920. He died on 5 May 1933, in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Grand Island, Hall, Nebraska, United States.
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Sources (9)
- William H Madder in household of John F Madder, "United States Census, 1870"
- William H Mader, "BillionGraves Index"
- William H Mader in entry for Arnold Levi Mader, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1861–1933 Male
1870–1950 Female
Children (4)
1891–1965 Male
1894–1979 Female
1895–1960 Male
1903–1987 Female
Parents and Siblings
1833–1893 Male
1837–1910 Female
Siblings (8)
1859–1934 Male
1861–1933 Male
1862–1937 Male
1864–1924 Female
1867–1870 Female
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World Events (8)
1862
Age 1
1863
Age 2
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 20
Name Meaning
English: variant of Madder, an occupational name for a dyer or seller of dye, from Middle English mader, madour, mather, shortened forms of Middle English maderer, maderour, matherer ‘seller of madder’ or ‘dyer who used madder’. Mader or mather (Old English mædere, Old Norse mathra) was the name for the plant Rubia tinctorum, used medicinally and for making red dye. It was also a word for red dye made from other sources. Compare Mather .
German and Swiss German (also Mäder), Dutch and French (Lorraine): occupational name for a reaper or mower, Middle High German māder, mæder, Middle Dutch mader. Compare Moder .
French: metonymic occupational name for a carpenter, from Occitan madier ‘beam’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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