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
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
1935–2008 Male
1922–2008 Female
Siblings (1)
1956–2009 Male
World Events (8)
1958 · The First U.S. Satellite in Space
Age 2
1964 · The Freedom Summer Murders
Age 8
1971 · The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Age 15
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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