Brief Life History of Clifton Wesley
When Clifton Wesley Waldron was born on 18 March 1922, in Florida, United States, his father, Gary John Waldron, was 22 and his mother, Jessie D. Smith, was 16. He married Bessie Mae Wiggins on 10 December 1943, in Russell, Alabama, United States. He lived in Muscogee, Georgia, United States in 1950 and Georgia, United States in 1950. He registered for military service in 1946. He died on 2 December 1950, in North Korea, at the age of 28, and was buried in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
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- Chifton Waldron in household of Gary Waldron, "Florida State Census, 1935"
- Clifton W Waldron, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Clifton W Waldron, "United States Korean War Dead and Army Wounded, 1950-1953"
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1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack
Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.
1923 · First Presidential Radio Broadcast
"On December 6, 1923, President Calvin Coolidge delivered the first presidential radio broadcast. It was covered by 42 stations and became known as the ""State of the Union"" address."
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Mayo): from the Norman personal name Waleran, Galeran (ancient Germanic Walahram, Old French Galeran(t)), composed of the ancient Germanic elements walh ‘foreigner’ + hrafn ‘raven’. Compare Walraven . In Ireland, where it is common, this name was Gaelicized early as Mac Bhalronta, also later as Mac Bhaildrin and de Bhaldraithe.
English: habitational name from a place in Sussex named Waldron. The placename derives from Old English wald ‘woodland’ + ærn ‘building’.
History: This is the name of a prominent NH family, established there since the 17th century. Richard Walderne (born c. 1615) came to New England from Alchester, Warwickshire, England, c. 1640 and settled at Dover, NH.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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