Brief Life History of Cornelia Ann
When Cornelia Ann West was born in 1940, in Colorado, United States, her father, Benjiman Duane West, was 25 and her mother, Mildred West, was 19. She lived in Election Precinct 49, El Paso, Colorado, United States in 1940.
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- Cornelia Ann West, "United States Census, 1940"
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World Events (3)
1941
Age 1
1941 · The Four Freedoms
Age 1
1941 · Red Rocks Amphitheatre Opens
Age 1
Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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