Brief Life History of Frederick Joseph
When Frederick Joseph West was born on 26 May 1902, in Rock Forge, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, his father, Joseph Lee West, was 31 and his mother, Alice Belle Tichnell, was 32. He married Margaret Ann Bridge on 10 March 1929. He lived in Grant District, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States in 1920 and Fairmont District, Marion, West Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 3 November 1963, in Morgantown, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fairmont, Marion, West Virginia, United States.
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- Fred West in household of J L West, "United States Census, 1910"
- Joseph F. West, "West Virginia Births, 1853-1930"
- Frederick Joseph West, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
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1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
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Name Meaning
English and German: from Middle English, Middle High German west ‘west’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived to the west of a settlement, or a habitational name for someone who had migrated from further west.
Americanized form of Finnish Vesterinen: from the personal name Vesteri (a short form of Sylvester ) + the surname suffix -nen.
History: This name was brought to North America independently by many bearers in the 17th and 18th centuries. Thomas West, 12th Baron De La Warre, was captain general of Virginia in 1610–11. The state of DE is named for him. One of the earliest permanent settlers was Francis West (1606–92), who came to Duxbury, MA, from Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, in or before 1638.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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