When Clara Alice Ott was born on 23 September 1897, in Truro, Knox, Illinois, United States, her father, Frank Summerfield Ott, was 31 and her mother, Clara Alice Hickman Ott, was 30. She married Ralph Emmett Pyle on 27 February 1929, in Knox, Illinois, United States. She lived in Galesburg Township, Knox, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Fort Madison, Lee, Iowa, United States in 1950. She died on 6 February 1960, in Knox, Knox, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Williamsfield Cemetery, Williamsfield, Knox, Illinois, United States.
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German: from a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element aud, ōd ‘wealth, prosperity’ (see Otto and 2 below).
English (London): from the Old Norman French personal name Ode, Odde, Odes, Otto, Otes, Otton (ancient Germanic Audo, Odo, Oddo, Otto), originally a short form of ancient Germanic compound names based on the element aud ‘wealth, prosperity’. Many of these names were Latinized as Odo. Odo was the name of the half-brother of the Conqueror, archbishop of Bayeux, who accompanied the Norman expedition to England and was rewarded with 439 confiscated manors. Compare Oates .
Chinese: possibly from Taishanese form of the Chinese name 達 (meaning ‘eminent’), a monosyllabic personal name or part of a disyllabic personal name of some early Chinese immigrants in the US.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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