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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- 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"
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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 The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.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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