Brief Life History of Dudley
Dudley Wolfe was born in 1858, in London, England, United Kingdom as the son of Eduard Albert Wolfe and Cecelia Oternberg. He married Mabel Florence Smith on 6 October 1890, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Gross Point, Cook, Illinois, United States in 1900 and Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York, United States in 1905. He died in 1908, at the age of 50, and was buried in Rockland, Knox, Maine, United States.
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- Dudley Wolfe, "New York State Census, 1905"
- Dudley Wolf, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Dudley Wolfe, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
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Name Meaning
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Wolf and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. This is also a common spelling in Ireland (see also Woulfe ), particularly in counties Cork and Limerick, while in Germany this surname is very rare.
Americanized form of various other surnames meaning ‘wolf’, e.g. Hungarian Farkas , Czech and Slovak Vlk , Slovenian and other Slavic Volk , Vovk , and Vuk (see Wolf ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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