When Earl Henry Weatherwax was born on 23 September 1894, in Chappell, Deuel, Nebraska, United States, his father, John A. Weatherwax, was 25 and his mother, Jennie Sheliburger, was 19. He lived in Campbell, Wyoming, United States in 1920 and Election District A, Denver, Colorado, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 6 June 1978, in Denver, Colorado, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado, United States.
Americanized form of German Wiederwachs: from Middle Low German wedder, Middle High German weder ‘against’, ‘hostile’ + wachs- ‘grow’ (wedderwassen ‘to arise against’), a nickname for an obstinate person. The surname Wiederwachs is no longer found in Germany.
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