Earl Henry Weatherwax

Male23 September 1894–6 June 1978

Brief Life History of Earl Henry

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.

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Earl Henry Weatherwax
1894–1978
Grace Edwina Kircher
1903–1991

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  • Earl H Weatherwax, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Earl Henry Weatherwax, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
  • Earl Weatherwax, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 2

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1911

Age 17

Historical Boundaries - 1911: Campbell, Wyoming, United States

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Age 22

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

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.

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

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