Pauline Elder

Brief Life History of Pauline

When Pauline Elder was born on 19 October 1914, in Tennessee, United States, her father, George A. Elder, was 40 and her mother, Mary Almeda Green, was 31. She lived in Civil District 3, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Hamilton, Tennessee, United States in 1930. She died on 15 January 1956, in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 41, and was buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, United States.

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Richard Barkster Nalley
1909–1988
Pauline Elder
1914–1956

Sources (5)

  • Pauline Elder in household of George A Elder, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Pauline Nalley, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"
  • Pauline Elder in household of M A Elder Blumtritt, "United States Census, 1920"

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1917

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Name Meaning

Scottish: distinguishing nickname from Middle English and Older Scots elder ‘parent; older, senior person’, perhaps in some cases denoting the older of two bearers of the same personal name. It may have been used also to denote an elder of a church, a senior and respected member of the congregation. Compare Senior .

English: in southeastern England, this may be a variant of Helder .

Americanized form (translation into English) of German Elter , which has the same meaning as 1 above.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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