Claud C. Speer

Brief Life History of Claud C.

When Claud C. Speer was born on 9 July 1913, in Athens, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States, his father, Benjamin Brantley Speer, was 42 and his mother, Carrie Lee Ward, was 30. He married Evia Dee Mask on 9 July 1932. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Claiborne, Louisiana, United States in 1920 and Ward Six, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 24 February 1999, in Arcadia, Bienville, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Hurricane, Claiborne, Louisiana, United States.

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Claud C. Speer
1913–1999
Evia Dee Mask
1912–2007
Marriage: 9 July 1932
Calvin Derrel Speer
1933–1933

Sources (7)

  • Claude Speers, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Claud C Speer, "Find A Grave Index"
  • C C Speer in entry for Speer, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"

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1937 · The Neutrality Act

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Name Meaning

German and Dutch: from Middle High German, Middle Dutch sper ‘spear’, hence a nickname for a tall, thin person, or else for a skilled user of the hunting spear. In part, it may also have been a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spears.

German: nickname for someone thought to resemble a sparrow, Middle High German spar(e) ‘sparrow’.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Speyer .

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

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