Brief Life History of William Paul
When William Paul Weddington was born on 5 June 1941, in Pikeville, Pike, Kentucky, United States, his father, William Scott Weddington, was 29 and his mother, Jewell Blair, was 29. He died on 20 November 2011, at the age of 70, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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Sources (4)
- William Paul Weddington, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
- William Paul Weddington, "BillionGraves Index"
- William P Weddington, "Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999"
Parents and Siblings
World Events (8)
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Caused by the tensions between the United States and the Empire of Japan, the internment of Japanese Americans caused many to be forced out of their homes and forcibly relocated into concentration camps in the western states. More than 110,000 Japanese Americans were forced into these camps in fear that some of them were spies for Japan.
1944 · Kentucky Dam is Completed
The Kentucky dam is a hydroelectric dam that spans the Tennessee River between Livingston and Marshall counties in Kentucky. It was completed August 30,1944.
1960
Squaw Valley, California, United States hosts Winter Olympic Games.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Weddington in Warwickshire, recorded in Domesday Book as Watintune, from an unattested Old English personal name Hwæt + -ing- denoting association with + tūn ‘estate’. However, the surname does not appear in English sources and it may simply be an altered form of Waddington .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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