Louis Joseph Worm

Brief Life History of Louis Joseph

When Louis Joseph Worm was born on 21 November 1893, in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States, his father, Ernest August Worm, was 29 and his mother, Dora Bell Shannon, was 18. He married Liddia Mae Marsh in 1916. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He died on 6 December 1981, in Fort Calhoun, Washington, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Omaha, Douglas, Nebraska, United States.

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Louis Joseph Worm
1893–1981
Liddia Mae Marsh
1895–1941
Marriage: 1916
Louis Fredrick Worm
from January 1917 to December 1917–1983
Jack Edward Worm
from January 1919 to December 1919–1994

Sources (10)

  • Louis Worm, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Louis J Worm, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
  • Louis Joseph Worm, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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World Events (8)

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1898 · War with the Spanish

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1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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Name Meaning

German and Danish: variant of Wurm .

German: habitational name from a place so named near Aachen.

English: nickname from Middle English worm ‘serpent’, ‘dragon’ (Old English wyrm), also used as a general term for insects or worm-like creatures.

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

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