When Charles James Veden was born on 9 May 1936, in Wadena, Wadena, Minnesota, United States, his father, Charles Henry Veden, was 29 and his mother, Esther Martha Bendix, was 26. He lived in Compton Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States in 1940. He died on 12 February 2003, at the age of 66, and was buried in Bethel Cemetery, Hubbard Township, Hubbard, Minnesota, United States.
English: unexplained.
In some cases possibly also Swedish (Vadén): ornamental, topographic, or a habitational name from the (placename) element vad ‘ford’ + the adjectival suffix -én, a derivative of Latin -enius ‘relating to’.
History: The earliest recorded bearer of this name in North America is Henry Vaden (1663–1729), of Chesterfield County, VA.
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