Brief Life History of Hermael
When Hermael Major was born on 25 April 1914, in Independence, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States, his father, Wilbert Joseph Major Sr., was 21 and his mother, Louisa Cline, was 18. He lived in Tangipahoa, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States in 1950. He died on 22 July 1987, in Hammond, Tangipahoa, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 73.
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Sources (3)
- Hormel Major, "United States Census, 1950"
- Hermael in entry for Adam Ricks Major, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- Hermael Mazur, "United States Census, 1940"
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1917
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Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): from the personal name Malg(i)er, Maug(i)er, an Old French form of ancient Germanic Madalgar(i) (see Mauger ).
Hungarian: from a shortened form of majorosgazda (see Majoros ) or a derivative of German Meyer .
Polish, Czech, and Slovak: from the military rank major (derived from Latin maior ‘greater’), a word related to English mayor and the German surname Meyer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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