Melvin D Abbott

Male13 October 1956–26 March 2009

Brief Life History of Melvin D

When Melvin D Abbott was born on 13 October 1956, in Topeka, Lawrence, Mississippi, United States, his father, Joe Harold Cradle, was 21 and his mother, Vera Lee Wilson, was 34. He died on 26 March 2009, at the age of 52, and was buried in Topeka Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joe Harold Cradle
1935–2008
Vera Lee Wilson
1922–2008
Melvin D Abbott
1956–2009

Sources (6)

  • Melvin D Abbott, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Melvin Dwight Abbott, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Marvin Abbott in entry for Vera Lee Cradle, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space

Age 2

Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the United States to be launched and successfully orbit the Earth.

1964 · The Freedom Summer Murders

Age 8

In what is called the Freedom Summer Murders, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Mickey Schwerner, three civil rights workers, were shot in Neshoba County, Mississippi. They were campaigning to register African Americans in Mississippi to vote. It was determined that the murderers were members of the KKK and Philadelphia, Mississippi Police Department.

1971 · The Twenty-Sixth Amendment

Age 15

The Twenty-sixth Amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from using age as a reason for denying the right to vote to citizens who are eighteen years old or older.

Name Meaning

English: nickname from Middle English abbod, abbot(t), abbat ‘abbot’ (Old English abbod) or Old French abet ‘priest’. Both the Old English and the Old French term are derived from Late Latin abbas (genitive abbatis) ‘priest’, from Greek abbas, from Aramaic aba ‘father’. The nickname was presumably a joking reference to a person's behaviour. In the US, the English name is also sometimes a translation of a cognate or equivalent European name, e.g. Italian Abate , Spanish Abad , or German Abt .

History: George Abbot from Yorkshire, England, settled in Andover, MA, in 1640; he had numerous prominent descendants. George Abbott (probably not the same man) died in Rowley, MA, in 1647. Another early migrant was James Abbott, who came from Somerset, England, to Long Island, NY, in the 17th century.

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

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