When Riley Clemmons Wyatt was born on 6 March 1885, in Barren, Kentucky, United States, his father, Radford M. Wyatt, was 38 and his mother, Matilda Adeline Steenbergen, was 38. He had at least 5 sons and 2 daughters with Ruby Bradshaw. He lived in Magisterial District 2 Tracy, Barren, Kentucky, United States in 1900 and Tracy, Barren, Kentucky, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1938, in Kentucky, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Caney Fork Church, Knott, Kentucky, United States.
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English:
from the Middle English personal names Wiot or Wiet. These are often pet forms of Wy, from ancient Germanic Wido (see Guy , compare Wyand 1). Wy is the usual Norman French form of the name; the Parisian French form is Guy. Wiot was also used as a diminutive of William . As a surname Wyot(t) became Wyatt during the 16th century.
in Suffolk, this is sometimes a variant of Wyard, from the Middle English personal name Wiard, which is generally from Old English Wīgheard, which is composed of the elements wīg ‘battle’ + heard ‘bold, brave’. Occasionally it may be from Old French Wiard, ancient Germanic Withard (see Viard ).
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