Odelia Cara Armbruster

Brief Life History of Odelia Cara

When Odelia Cara Armbruster was born on 18 April 1870, in Riverside, Washington, Iowa, United States, her father, Constantine A. Armbruster, was 35 and her mother, Anna Wombacher, was 33. She married James Marlin Walsh on 9 October 1893, in Riverside, Washington, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Washington, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1925 and Iowa Township, Washington, Iowa, United States in 1930. She died on 22 April 1962, in Lone Tree, Johnson, Iowa, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Riverside, Washington, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Marlin Walsh
1858–1939
Odelia Cara Armbruster
1870–1962
Marriage: 9 October 1893
Margaret Angela Walsh
1894–1993
Anna V Walsh
1896–1960
Mary Clarissima Walsh
1896–1975
Pauline E Walsh
1897–1977
Winifred C Walsh
1899–1927
Clotilda Rita Walsh
1901–1988
Bernard Francis Walsh
1903–1990
Walter James Walsh
1906–1989
Joseph Alysious Walsh
1908–1951
Hubert C Walsh
1910–1979
Ralph William Walsh
1913–1976
Louis John Walsh
1917–1984

Sources (34)

  • Odelia Walsh in household of James Walsh, "Iowa State Census, 1925"
  • Adelia Armbruster, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Odelia Cara Armbruster Walsh, "Find A Grave Index"

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Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Manfred, Otto, Ueli, Wolfgang, Aloysius, Bernhard, Dieter, Erwin, Gerhard, Gernot, Guenter.

German (also Armbrüster): occupational name for a soldier armed with a crossbow or for a maker of crossbows, from an agent derivative of armbrust ‘crossbow’ (see Armbrust ).

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

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