Brief Life History of Sylvan Samuel
When Sylvan Samuel Ash was born on 22 August 1893, in Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Willis Cope Ash, was 29 and his mother, Minnie Maude Grove, was 23. He had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Anna Rae Berger. He lived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died in December 1979, in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, at the age of 86.
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- Sylvan S Ash, "United States Census, 1930"
- Sylvan S. Ash, "Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950"
- Sylvan Samuel Ash, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1905 · The Movie Theater
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1910 · Battleship USS Delaware Commissioned
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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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Name Meaning
English: from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).
Americanized form of German Asch and Esch , the latter ultimately also of Swiss German origin (see Oesch ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Dufresne , with the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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