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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Some characteristic forenames: Jewish Ari, Elihu, Yacov.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): metronymic from the Yiddish female personal name Eydl, meaning ‘noble’ (see Edel 3).
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