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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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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