When Marion Howell was born on 15 May 1897, in Clifton, Franklin, Idaho, United States, his father, Thomas Anderson Howell, was 41 and his mother, Harriet Ann Henderson, was 42. He married Elsie Sant on 8 April 1919, in Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in West Wendell Election Precinct, Gooding, Idaho, United States in 1940 and Wendell, Gooding, Idaho, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 3 January 1972, in Baker City, Baker, Oregon, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Canyon Hill Cemetery, Canyon, Idaho, United States.
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Welsh and English: in the Welsh border counties, from the Welsh male personal name Hywel ‘eminent’, popular since the Middle Ages particularly in honor of the great 10th-century law-giving Welsh king. The name may also arise from the Breton personal name Houuel, Huwel, Huwal, Howael, cognate with the Welsh name. Bretons were especially numerous in the eastern counties of England. See Powell .
English: perhaps from a Middle English personal name Huwel (spelled Howel), a shortening of Huwelot or Huelin (see Hewlett and Huling ), both pet forms of Middle English Huw (see Hugh ).
English: habitational name from Howell (Lincolnshire), from an uncertain initial element + Old English wella ‘well, spring, stream’.
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Possible Related NamesHISTORY OF MARION AND ELSIE SANT HOWELL Marion Howell was born the 15th of May 1897, at Clifton, Franklin County, Idaho. He was the 13th child of Thomas Anderson Howell and Harriet Ann Henderson. He …
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