Willie Russell

Male30 September 1903–1 September 1970

Brief Life History of Willie

When Willie Russell was born on 30 September 1903, in Lisbreen, County Antrim, Ireland, his father, Mr William Russell, was 37 and his mother, Agnes Marcus, was 31. He died on 1 September 1970, in Broughshane, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, at the age of 66, and was buried in Broughshane, Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland.

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Willie Russell
1903–1970
Miss Hannah Armstrong
–1990

Sources (2)

  • William Russell in household of William Russell, "Ireland Census, 1911"
  • Willie Russell, "Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913"

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World Events (8)

1908

Age 5

London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1919

Age 16

Irish War of Independence against Britain ending in the Anglo Irish Treaty.

1922

Age 19

Irish Civil War between the Free State army and IRA.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, and Irish: of Norman origin, from Old French and Anglo-Norman French r(o)ussel, a diminutive of Old French rous(e) ‘red, reddish’, used either as a nickname for someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion, or as a personal name. Compare Rouse . This Norman name has been established in Ireland since the 12th century. It has been reinforced in Britain and Ireland by Huguenot bearers of the name Roussel, of the same Old French origin.

English: habitational name from any of several places called Rushall (Norfolk, Staffordshire, Wiltshire) or possibly sometimes from Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent). Rushall in Staffordshire derives from Old English rysc ‘rush, rushes’ + halh ‘nook, corner of land’. Rushall in Norfolk derives from an uncertain first element + Old English halh. Rushall in Wiltshire derives from an Old English personal name Rust (genitive Rustes) + halh. Rusthall in Speldhurst (Kent) probably derives from Old English rust ‘rust, rust color’ + wella ‘well, spring, stream’, but with a change in the final element due to influence from Middle English, Old English hall ‘hall, residence’, perhaps referring to a nearby building.

Americanized form of German Rüssel, from a pet form of any of various personal names formed with the element hrōd ‘fame, renown’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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