William M. Kendall

Male28 November 1885–17 April 1942

Brief Life History of William M.

When William M. Kendall was born on 28 November 1885, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas A. Kendall, was 30 and his mother, Leah Jane Marshall, was 20. He lived in St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1920. He died on 17 April 1942, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Affton, St. Louis, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas A. Kendall
1855–1911
Leah Jane Marshall
1865–1960
William M. Kendall
1885–1942
Melinda Kendall
1887–1954
Charles A. Kendall
1889–1946
Lucilla Kendall
1893–1965
Walter Edward Kendall
1897–1981
Roy L. Kendall
1899–1920

Sources (9)

  • William Kendall in household of Leah J Kendall, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Legacy NFS Source: William M. Kendall - Census record: birth-name: William M. Kendall
  • William M Kendall, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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Siblings (6)

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World Events (8)

1886

Age 1

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1886 · Giving Working Men a Union

Age 1

The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

Age 16

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Kendal in Cumbria, which takes its name from the river Kent + Old Norse dalr ‘valley’, or from the valley of the river Kent itself.

English (of Welsh origin): from an Anglicized form of the Welsh personal name Cynddelw, which was borne by a famous 12th-century Welsh poet. It probably derives from a Celtic word meaning ‘exalted, high’ + delw ‘image, effigy’.

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

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