Brief Life History of Warren Fulson
When Warren Fulson Wordell was born on 8 September 1900, in Little Compton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, his father, Gershom Wordell, was 40 and his mother, Emma Frances Potter, was 35. He married Fallee Helen Louise Brightman on 8 August 1929. He lived in Rhode Island, United States in 1900 and Newport, Rhode Island, United States in 1935. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 30 July 1975, in Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Tiverton, Newport, Rhode Island, United States.
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Sources (14)
- Warren Wardell in household of Gershom Wardell, "United States Census, 1940"
- Warren Wordell, "Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914"
- Warren Fulsen Wordell, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
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.
1907 · Larchmont sinks
On February 11, 1907, a passenger ship gets rammed by a coal carrier just southwest of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. It takes only 10 minutes for the Larchmont to sink. Only 19 of those on board survive. The next day bodies of those that had been on the ship continue to wash up onto the shore.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Erhardt, Otto.
English: variant of Wardle .
Americanized form of German Wördel (or of some other like-sounding surname): unexplained. The surname Wördel is very rare in Germany.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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