Claude Willard Edelmon

Brief Life History of Claude Willard

When Claude Willard Edelmon was born on 9 November 1915, in Lometa, Lampasas, Texas, United States, his father, James Martin Edelmon, was 34 and his mother, Cora Belle Davenport, was 35. He married Juanita Maudene Rogers in Plainview, Greer, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Commissioner's Precinct 1, Hale, Texas, United States in 1940 and Memphis, Pickens, Alabama, United States in 2006. He registered for military service in 1942. He died on 6 August 2006, in Childress, Texas, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Northlawn Memorial Gardens, Dumas, Moore, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Claude Willard Edelmon
1915–2006
Juanita Maudene Rogers
1918–1993
Marriage:
Martin William Edelmon
1945–2001

Sources (17)

  • Claud Edelmon, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Eddleman, "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935"
  • Claude W Edelmon, "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946"

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World Events (8)

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

1929 · The Great Depression Arrives

Like most of the country, the economy of Texas suffered greatly after the Stock Market Crash of 1929. Thousands of city workers were suddenly unemployed and relied on a variety of government relief programs; unemployed Mexican citizens were required to take one-way bus tickets to Mexico.

1941

Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Ari, Elihu, Yacov.

Jewish (Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Eydl, meaning ‘noble’ (see Edel 3).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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