Brief Life History of Friedrich Ernst
Friedrich Ernst Wolf was born on 11 October 1872, in Bern, Bern, Switzerland as the son of Johann Gottlieb Wolf and Maria Rosina Griebi. He married Emilie Bissantz on 29 January 1901, in Sedgwick, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 31 May 1959, in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Old Mission Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States.
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Sources (7)
- Ernest F Wolf, "Kansas State Census, 1925"
- Ernest Wolf, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Ernest F. Wolf, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1872–1959 Male
1870–1968 Female
Children (1)
1902–1990 Male
Parents and Siblings
– Male
1846–1847 Female
Siblings (4)
1870– Male
1872–1959 Male
1874– Male
1876–1950 Male
World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 3
1877 · Nicodemus is Founded
Age 5
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 24
Name Meaning
German, English, Dutch, and Danish: from a short form of the various ancient Germanic compound names with the first element wolf ‘wolf’, or a byname or nickname with this meaning, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a wolf. The wolf was native throughout the forests of Europe, including Britain, until comparatively recently. In ancient and medieval times it played an important role in ancient Germanic mythology, being regarded as one of the sacred beasts of Woden. The surname of German origin is also found in many other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a German translation of local equivalents. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Farkas , Czech and Slovak Vlk , Slovenian Volk , Ukrainian and Slovenian Vovk , Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian Vuk , and also Czech, Slovenian, Croatian, Slovak, and Hungarian Volf . In part, this is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare De Wolf , Wolfe , Wolff , Woolf , Woulfe , and Wulf .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish male personal name Volf meaning ‘wolf’, which is associated with the Hebrew personal name Binyamin (see Benjamin ). This association stems from Jacob's dying words ‘Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil’ (Genesis 49:27). Compare Volf .
Irish: variant of Woulfe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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