When Floyd William West was born on 11 February 1902, in Washington, Arkansas, United States, his father, Benjamin Walter West, was 26 and his mother, Hala Ester Hulse, was 22. He married Margaret May White on 27 May 1935, in Washington, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Springdale, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1935 and Johnson, Washington, Arkansas, United States in 1940. He died on 11 June 1944, in Washington, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 42, and was buried in Stuckey Cemetery, Johnson, Washington, Arkansas, United States.
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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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