Brief Life History of Walter K.
When Walter K. Rodman was born in 1885, in Prussia, Germany, his father, Hardy Rodman, was 40 and his mother, Pauline Helene Eckstein, was 30. He died about 1985, at the age of 101.
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Parents and Siblings
1845–1910 Male
1855–1902 Female
Siblings (5)
1870– Female
1880–1886 Female
1883– Male
1885–1985 Male
1887–1888 Male
World Events (7)
1890
Age 5
1914
Age 29
1914 · Germany declares war on Russia
Age 29
Name Meaning
English: occupational name for a thatcher or reed-cutter, from Southwest Middle English rod(e), rud(e) (Old English hrēod) ‘reed’ + -man. Synonymous with Redman 1.
English: topographic name for someone who lived at a clearing, from Middle English rode (Old English rodu) or Southwest Middle English rude (Old English rȳde) ‘clearing’ + man. See Redman 2.
Americanized form of German Rodmann: variant of Rodemann (see Rodeman ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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