Brief Life History of Joseph Carroll
When Joseph Carroll Wathen was born on 4 March 1898, his father, James Raley Wathen, was 26 and his mother, Frances Morgan Knight, was 23. He lived in Leonardtown, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States in 1930 and District 3, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States in 1940. He died on 3 February 1970, at the age of 71, and was buried in Morganza, St. Mary's, Maryland, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Joseph C Watter in household of James R Watter, "United States Census, 1920"
- Joseph Carroll Wathen, "Maryland County Marriages, 1658-1940"
- Joseph Carroll Wathen, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome
A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
Welsh: possibly from the personal name Gwaiddan, which is found as part of placenames in Robeston Wathen, near Narberth, Pembrokeshire, and the nearby Llanwathen (from Welsh llan ‘church’ + Gwaiddon).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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