Brief Life History of Wilfrid Basil
When Wilfrid Basil Mann was born on 4 August 1908, in England, United Kingdom, his father, William Mann, was 28 and his mother, Maude M Cogan, was 24. He married Miriam Tueller about 4 August 1935, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1956 and lived in Acton, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom in 1939. He died on 29 March 2001, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Jerusalem Cemetery, North Hero, Grand Isle, Vermont, United States.
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- Mann, "United States 1950 Census"
- Wilfrid Basil Mann, "England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008"
- Wilfrid B Mann, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World
At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.
1914
Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.
1940
Winston Churchill becomes prime minister. British fighter pilots repel German air attacks in the Battle of Britain. London and other cities badly damaged in German bombing raids.
Name Meaning
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a fierce or strong man, or for a man contrasted with a boy, from Middle English, Middle High German man, German Mann ‘man’. In some cases it may have arisen as an occupational name for a servant, from the medieval use of the term to describe a person of inferior social status. The Jewish surname can be artificial.
English and German: from the ancient Germanic personal name Manno, found in Old English as Mann or Manna. This originated either as a byname or else as a short form of a compound name containing the element man ‘man’, such as Hermann .
English: habitational name from the Isle of Man.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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