Brief Life History of Charles Wallace
When Charles Wallace Mentkowski was born on 4 January 1922, in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Bernard Mentkowski, was 24 and his mother, Helen Stelmachowski, was 24. He married Anne Agnes Collins in 1943. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 22 September 2006, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States.
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- Charles Wallace Mentkowski, "Find A Grave Index"
- Charles Mentkowski in entry for Ann Collins Mentkowski, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
Spouse and Children
1922–2006 Male
1923–1972 Female
Children (1)
1944–1944 Male
Parents and Siblings
1897–1965 Male
1897–1989 Female
Siblings (1)
1922–2006 Male
World Events (8)
1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Age 1
1932 · Wisconsin Passes First Unemployment Compensation Law
Age 10
1944 · The G.I Bill
Age 22
Name Meaning
From a Germanic word, karl, meaning ‘free man’, akin to Old English ceorl ‘man’. The name, Latin form Carolus, owed its popularity in medieval Europe to the Frankish leader Charlemagne ( ?742–814 ), who in 800 established himself as Holy Roman Emperor. His name (Latin Carolus Magnus) means ‘Charles the Great’. Carolus—or Karl, the German form—was a common name among Frankish leaders, including Charlemagne's grandfather Charles Martel ( 688–741 ). Charles is the French form. The name occurs occasionally in medieval Britain as Karolus or Carolus; it had a certain vogue in West Yorkshire from the 1400s, particularly among gentry families. The form Charles was chosen by Mary Queen of Scots ( 1542–87 ), who had been brought up in France, for her son, Charles James ( 1566–1625 ), who became King James VI of Scotland and, from 1603 , James I of England. His son and grandson both reigned as King Charles , and the name thus became established in the 17th century both in the Stuart royal house and among English and Scottish supporters of the Stuart monarchy. In the 18th century it was to some extent favoured, along with James , by Jacobites, supporters of the exiled Stuarts, opposed to the Hanoverian monarchy, especially in the Highlands of Scotland. In the 19th century the popularity of the name was further enhanced by romanticization of the story of ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’, leader of the 1745 rebellion.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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