Brief Life History of Wade Hamilton
When Wade Hamilton Melton was born on 29 October 1909, in Meridian, Ada, Idaho, United States, his father, Benjamin Melton, was 37 and his mother, Rose May Weygandt, was 25. He had at least 1 son with Mary Cottier. He lived in Judicial Township 8, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1940 and Antioch, Contra Costa, California, United States in 1950. He died on 9 August 1972, in Contra Costa, California, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Memory Gardens Cemetery, Concord, Contra Costa, California, United States.
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- Wade Melton, "United States 1950 Census"
- Wade Hamilton Milton, "Idaho Births and Christenings, 1856-1965"
- Wade Hamilton Melton, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
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1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1910 · Angel Island Serves Immigrants
Angel Island served as a western entry point for hundreds of thousands of U.S. immigrants, mainly from China, from 1910 to 1940.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (northern): habitational name from any of various places, for example in Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, and Yorkshire, all of which have the same origin as Middleton , with Old English middel replaced by its Old Norse equivalent methal after the Scandinavian settlement of northern and eastern England.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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