Brief Life History of Oscar Donwreath
When Oscar Donwreath Feltch was born on 19 March 1847, in Lisbon, Androscoggin, Maine, United States, his father, Cyrus Brackett Feltch, was 37 and his mother, Malvina Jane Turner, was 32. He married Isabelle Evaline Archer on 1 May 1872, in College Springs, Page, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. He lived in Lebo, Coffey, Kansas, United States in 1900 and Liberty Township, Ringgold, Iowa, United States in 1910. He died on 30 August 1914, at the age of 67, and was buried in Tingley Cemetery, Tingley, Ringgold, Iowa, United States.
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- Oscar Feltch, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Oscar Donwreath Feltch, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Oscar D. Feltch, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
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World Events (8)
1854
Historical Boundaries: 1854: Androscoggin, Maine, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
Name Meaning
German: nickname from Middle High German vals ‘false’.
North German: unrounded form of Fölsch (see Foelsch ).
Germanized form of Sorbian Ẃelš and Wjelš (see Welsch 2).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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