Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Widra was born on 10 February 1933, his father, James Francis Sweeney, was 30 and his mother, Helen Louise Daugherty, was 18. He lived in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940 and Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States in 2011. He died on 30 July 2013, at the age of 80, and was buried in Mount Holly Springs, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Joseph Sweeney in household of James Sweeney, "United States Census, 1940"
- Joseph J Widra, "Find A Grave Index"
- Joseph Widra in entry for Mr Patrick Francis Sweeney, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014"
Parents and Siblings
1902–1965 Male
1915–1975 Female
Siblings (2)
1933–2013 Male
1940–2011 Male
World Events (8)
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 2
1935 · The Social Security Act
Age 2
1955 · The Civil Rights Movement Begins
Age 22
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Polish Stanislaw, Jurek, Tadeusz, Wladyslaw, Zbigniew, Zdzislaw.
Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic): nickname from Polish wydra ‘otter’.
Polish: possibly also from wydrzeć ‘to pluck, to tear away’, hence a nickname for someone who seized something from someone else.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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