Brief Life History of Della
When Della Tombow was born on 17 July 1885, in East Greenville, Stark, Ohio, United States, her father, Nathaniel Smith Tombow, was 42 and her mother, Mary A. Obendorf, was 37. She married CHARLES M. GRIMMES on 14 January 1907, in Stark, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 15 April 1978, at the age of 92.
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- Della Grimes in household of Charles M Grimes, "United States Census, 1920"
- Della Tombow, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Mrs Della Grimes in entry for Mrs Elsie Laura Davis and Mrs W J Davis, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
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Name Meaning
Name which first appeared in the 1870s and has continued to grow steadily in popularity ever since. Its derivation is not clear; if it is not simply an arbitrary creation, it may be an altered form of Delia or Delilah , or a short form of Adela . In modern use it is sometimes taken as a feminine form of Dell .
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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