Albert Gentry Wolfe

Brief Life History of Albert Gentry

When Albert Gentry Wolfe was born on 21 May 1918, in Selmer, McNairy, Tennessee, United States, his father, William Henry Wolfe, was 40 and his mother, Zula Zerra King, was 40. He married Nellie Marie Kizer on 4 December 1939, in McNairy, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in West Nantmeal Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and McNairy, McNairy, Tennessee, United States in 1950. He died on 2 June 2006, at the age of 88, and was buried in Falcon Cemetery, Selmer, McNairy, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Albert Gentry Wolfe
1918–2006
Georgia V Chrisman
1921–1946
Amanda Wolfe
1938–
Charles Wolfe
Katherine Wolfe
Margret Wolfe
Georgia Virginia Wolfe
1943–2006

Sources (16)

  • Albert G Wolfe, Sr, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Albert G Wolfe, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • Albert Wolfe in entry for Mrs Nellie Wolfe, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"

World Events (8)

1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment

The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.

1931 · The Parthenon is Built

In 1931, a full scale replica of the Parthenon in Greece was erected in Nashville, Tennessee. The Parthenon was meant to be temporary, but became a permanent part of Tennessee culture. It also has a replica of the statue of Athena the Goddess of War.At the same time a city over Memphis built  giant pyramid replica to remind everyone what the city was named for. 

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

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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