Brief Life History of Mary
When Mary Wolf was born on 27 March 1861, in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States, her father, William Penn Wolf, was 27 and her mother, Alice G Macy, was 29. She married James Buchanan Snyder on 6 December 1882, in Tipton, Cedar, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Cedar, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died on 24 September 1944, in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 83.
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Sources (20)
- Mary W Snyder in household of James B Snyder, "United States Census, 1930"
- Mary Wolf Snyder, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Mary Wolf, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
Spouse and Children
1856–1938 Male
1861–1944 Female
Children (4)
1884–1959 Male
1885–1975 Female
1893–1959 Female
1898–1959 Male
Parents and Siblings
1833–1896 Male
1833–1881 Female
Siblings (8)
1861–1944 Female
1863–1864 Male
1866–1945 Female
1868–1929 Female
1870–1948 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 2
1867 · The Burtis Opera House
Age 6
1884 · There is now a Capital Building
Age 23
Name Meaning
German, English, Dutch, and Danish: from a short form of the various ancient Germanic compound names with the first element wolf ‘wolf’, or a byname or nickname with this meaning, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of a wolf. The wolf was native throughout the forests of Europe, including Britain, until comparatively recently. In ancient and medieval times it played an important role in ancient Germanic mythology, being regarded as one of the sacred beasts of Woden. The surname of German origin is also found in many other parts of Europe, e.g. in France (Alsace and Lorraine), Poland, Hungary, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia, often as a German translation of local equivalents. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Farkas , Czech and Slovak Vlk , Slovenian Volk , Ukrainian and Slovenian Vovk , Slovenian, Croatian, and Serbian Vuk , and also Czech, Slovenian, Croatian, Slovak, and Hungarian Volf . In part, this is a Gottscheerish (i.e. Gottschee German) surname, originating from the Kočevsko region in Lower Carniola, Slovenia (see Kocevar ). Compare De Wolf , Wolfe , Wolff , Woolf , Woulfe , and Wulf .
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the Yiddish male personal name Volf meaning ‘wolf’, which is associated with the Hebrew personal name Binyamin (see Benjamin ). This association stems from Jacob's dying words ‘Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf: in the morning he shall devour the prey, and at night he shall divide the spoil’ (Genesis 49:27). Compare Volf .
Irish: variant of Woulfe .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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