Walter Herbert McClanahan

Brief Life History of Walter Herbert

When Walter Herbert McClanahan was born on 1 April 1902, in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Matthew McClanahan, was 22 and his mother, Rachel Frances Woods, was 19. He had at least 3 sons and 2 daughters with Anna Magdalene Colonel. He lived in Ohio Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States in 1920 and New Richmond, Ohio Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. He died on 23 July 1988, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in New Richmond, Ohio Township, Clermont, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Walter Herbert McClanahan
1902–1988
Anna Magdalene Colonel
1904–1994
Anna Louise McClanahan
1926–1926
Charles Edward "Mac" McClanahan
1928–2004
Nora Ruth McClanahan
1931–2018
William Howard McClanahan
1933–1959
Joseph Herbert McClanahan
1935–1991

Sources (16)

  • Herbet McClanahan in household of Mat McClanahan, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Walter Herbert McClanahan, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • Walter H Mcclanahan, "United States Social Security Death Index"

World Events (8)

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

1904 · The Entente Cordiale

The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Leanacháin ‘son of Leanachán’, a personal name meaning ‘possessing cloaks’ or ‘with the cloak’. In Scotland the surname (with internal ch) was once common in Galloway. There is also an Irish Ó surname from the same personal name, see Lenahan .

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

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