Brief Life History of John Edward
When John Edward Odell was born on 8 May 1912, in Monte Rio, Sonoma, California, United States, his father, George Perry Odell, was 29 and his mother, Ina Larcom Berry, was 25. He married Martha Elton Anderson on 5 October 1940, in Reno, Washoe, Nevada, United States. He lived in Judicial Township 1, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1920 and Sonoma, California, United States in 1930. He died in October 1996, in Forestville, Sonoma, California, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Santa Rosa, Sonoma, California, United States.
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Sources (8)
- John E Odell in household of George P Odell, "United States Census, 1930"
- John Edward Odell, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- John Edward Odell, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1912–1996 Male
1922–1997 Female
Parents and Siblings
1883–1950 Male
1887–1973 Female
Siblings (5)
1905–1959 Male
1907–1989 Male
1912–1996 Male
1912–1958 Male
1914–1985 Male
World Events (8)
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
Age 1
1913 · The Seventeenth Amendment
Age 1
1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Odell, a place in Bedfordshire, which derives from Old English wād ‘woad’ (a plant collected for the blue dye that could be obtained from it) + hyll ‘hill’. The spelling O'Dell is not Irish, but a creation by folk etymology, found first among English migrants to Limerick. Compare Waddell . — Note: The population figure published by the US Census Bureau does not distinguish between the surnames O'Dell and Odell .
Altered form of Swedish Odell , as if of Irish origin.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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