Kenneth Charles Theodore Arnold

Brief Life History of Kenneth Charles Theodore

When Kenneth Charles Theodore Arnold was born on 11 August 1913, in Washington, United States, his father, Earl Edwin Arnold, was 24 and his mother, Maude Theodore Campbell, was 23. He had at least 2 sons and 2 daughters with Ruby Otha Cravy. He lived in Judicial Township 2, Imperial, California, United States in 1940 and Mojave, Kern, California, United States in 1950. He died on 26 October 1999, in Chico, Butte, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Paradise Cemetery, Paradise, Butte, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Kenneth Charles Theodore Arnold
1913–1999
Ruby Otha Cravy
1916–1995
Lahoma Arnold
1933–
Carolyn Sue Arnold
1942–1991
John Richard Arnold
1944–2012
Paul Roger Arnold
1946–2012

Sources (12)

  • Kenneth Arnold, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Charles Kenneth Theodore Arnold, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • Kenneth Charles Arnold, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

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Name Meaning

English, Scottish, German, Dutch, French (mainly Alsace and Lorraine), Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Croatian, and Slovenian: from the ancient Germanic personal name Arnwald (Middle English Arnold, Old French Arnaut), composed of the elements arn ‘eagle’ + wald ‘rule, power’. This name was introduced to Britain by the Normans.

English: habitational name from either of two places called Arnold in Nottinghamshire and East Yorkshire, from Old English earn ‘eagle’ + halh ‘nook’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): adoption of the German personal name (see 1 above), at least in part on account of its resemblance to the Jewish name Aaron .

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

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