Brief Life History of Herman Estel
When Herman Estel Townley was born on 9 February 1933, in Mechanicsburg, Bland, Virginia, United States, his father, Cecil Wagner Townley, was 30 and his mother, Elvira Elizabeth Kirby, was 31. He lived in Mechanicsburg District, Bland, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 27 April 1963, in Pearisburg, Giles, Virginia, United States, at the age of 30, and was buried in Hoges Chapel Cemetery, Bland, Virginia, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (5)
- Herman E Townley, "United States 1950 Census"
- Herman Estel Townley, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- Estel Townley in entry for Kathleen Kat Josephine Townley Puckett, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
Parents and Siblings
1902–1962 Male
1901–1947 Female
Siblings (4)
1926–2006 Female
1928–1996 Female
1933–1963 Male
1935– Male
World Events (8)
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 2
1941 · Pentagon is Built in Arlington
Age 8
1942 · The Japanese American internment
Age 9
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire): habitational name from Towneley near Burnley in Lancashire, which is named with Middle English toun(e), ton(e) ‘town, village, settlement’ (Old English tūn) + leie ‘glade, clearing’. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 16th century.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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