Joseph C Wermuth

Brief Life History of Joseph C

When Joseph C Wermuth was born on 6 July 1865, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, his father, Ulrich Wermuth, was 37 and his mother, Mary Lohr, was 31. He married Mary Ellen Lavery on 13 July 1886, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Dutchess, New York, United States in 1920. He died on 6 February 1926, in Town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States, at the age of 60.

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Joseph C Wermuth
1865–1926
Mary Ellen Lavery
1865–1939
Marriage: 13 July 1886
Mary M Wermuth
1887–1946
Charles W Wermuth
1901–1918
Katherine Florence Wermuth
1889–1977
Joseph D Wermuth
1891–1974
Magdelena E Wermuth
1893–1965
Lena Wermuth
1894–
Rita Wermuth
1895–1957
Marguerita Wermuth
1895–1957

Sources (7)

  • Joseph C Wermuth, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Joseph C. Wermuth - birth: 6 July 1865; Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, United States
  • Joseph C Wermuth in entry for Rita Wermuth, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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Name Meaning

German:

metonymic occupational name for someone who gathered or dealt in herbs, from Middle High German wërmuot ‘wormwood’.

perhaps also from the ancient Germanic personal name Warmut, composed of any of three verb forms meaning ‘to defend, protect, or warn’ + muot ‘intent, spirit’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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