Delia May Odell

Brief Life History of Delia May

When Delia May Odell was born on 17 September 1871, in New Hope, Bucks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Stephen D Odell, was 36 and her mother, Martha Jane Fairchild, was 29. She married Clifford A Russell on 17 August 1892, in Trowbridge Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Trowbridge Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States in 1900 and Battle Creek, Calhoun, Michigan, United States in 1910. She died in June 1920, at the age of 48, and was buried in Trowbridge Township, Allegan, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Clifford A Russell
1870–1954
Delia May Odell
1871–1920
Marriage: 17 August 1892
Harold Leroy Russell
1893–1966
Russell
1895–
Mildred M. Russell
1899–1955
Hollis Keith Russell
1902–1984

Sources (21)

  • Delia Russell in household of Clifford L Russell, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Delia May Russell, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Delia M. Odell, "Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925"

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Odell, a place in Bedfordshire, which derives from Old English wād ‘woad’ (a plant collected for the blue dye that could be obtained from it) + hyll ‘hill’. The spelling O'Dell is not Irish, but a creation by folk etymology, found first among English migrants to Limerick. Compare Waddell . — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau does not distinguish between the surnames O'Dell and Odell .

Altered form of Swedish Odell , as if of Irish origin.

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

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