When Louis William Pfel was born on 7 November 1917, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States, his father, Edward William Pfel, was 25 and his mother, Irene Elizabeth Cottle, was 23. He married Lulu Mae Catherine Wiglesworth on 26 August 1938, in La Grande, Union, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in La Grande Election Precinct 13, Union, Oregon, United States in 1940 and Powder Election Precinct, Union, Oregon, United States in 1950. He died on 27 March 1994, in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in North Powder, Union, Oregon, United States.
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English (mainly northern): topographic name for someone who lived or worked at a small castle, a wooden fort, or a house defended by a palisade (Middle English and Old French pel, piel ‘stake, pallisade’), or a habitational name from a place so named.
English (mainly northern): variant of Pell .
English (mainly northern): nickname from Middle English and Old French pel ‘stake’, perhaps for a tall, thin person.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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