Brief Life History of Wendell
When Wendell Root was born in 1919, in New York, United States, his father, Albert Eugene Root, was 33 and his mother, Nellie Jane Jones, was 35. He lived in Addison, Addison, Steuben, New York, United States for about 20 years. He died in 1944, in Taguig, Rizal, Philippines, at the age of 25, and was buried in Addison, Addison, Steuben, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Wendell Root in household of Albert E Root, "United States Census, 1940"
- Wendell J Root, "Find A Grave Index"
- Wendell Root in household of Albert Root, "United States Census, 1930"
Parents and Siblings
1886–1947 Male
1884–1977 Female
Siblings (3)
1909–1973 Male
1912–1995 Female
1919–1944 Male
World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
Age 0
1920
Age 1
1927
Age 8
Name Meaning
English: perhaps a nickname for a cheerful person, from an unrecorded Middle English rote (Old English rōt) ‘glad, cheerful’.
English: from Middle English rote, route, rotte ‘rote’ (of uncertain origin but apparently ultimately akin to Welsh crwth), perhaps used for a player of the medieval stringed instrument, a kind of harp or fiddle. Compare Rutter .
English: perhaps a habitational name from Wroot (Lincolnshire), from Old English wrōt ‘snout, spur of land’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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