Brief Life History of Mervin Frederick
When Mervin Frederick Wadhams was born on 24 September 1898, in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, his father, Truman Harris Wadhams, was 43 and his mother, Myrtie May Burke, was 36. He married Margarette Lillian Mynning on 17 June 1922, in Washtenaw, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Ann Arbor Township, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 15 December 1967, in Washtenaw, Michigan, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, United States.
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- M Fred Wadhams, "United States Census, 1950"
- Mervin F. Wadhaus, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Mervin Frederick or Frerick Wadhams, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1903 · Ford Motor Company
"Henry Ford built his first gasoline-powered vehicle, named the Quadricycle, in 1896, at his home in Detroit. Ford sold the Quadricycle for $200 and used the money to build a second car. In 1901, Ford raced his car ""Sweepstakes"" against Alexander Winton and won. The victory resulted in publicity for Ford which allowed him to gain investors for his new company, Ford Motor Company. The first Model A was sold on July 23, 1903, and the company was incorporated on November 13, 1903."
1917
U.S. intervenes in World War I, rejects membership of League of Nations.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Wadham, with post-medieval excrescent -s, a habitational name from Wadham in Knowstone (Devon). The placename derives from the Old English personal name Wada or Old English wād ‘woad’ + hām ‘village, homestead’ or hamm ‘water meadow’. Wadham College, Oxford, was founded in 1610 by Dorothy Wadham, widow of Nicholas Wadham (died 1609), a wealthy Somerset landowner.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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