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Gottfried H. Wende
Gottfried H. Wende (March 6, 1852 - December 3, 1933), was an American lawyer and politician from New York (state), New York. Early life Wende was born in Alden, New York on March 6, 1852. He was the son of Herman A. von Wende (1825–1892), a Colonel in the German Army, and Mary R. Wende (1833–1919). He was educated at the Millgrove, New York, Millgrove, Clarence, New York, Clarence Union School, Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo Central School, and graduated with the first-ever law class of Cornell Law School at Cornell University in 1876. Career After reading law with Judge Cothran, Wende was admitted to the bar in 1877 and practiced law for 61 years, keeping his law office, Wende & Wende, at the Erie County Savings Bank. As a Democratic party (United States), Democrat, he was a member of New York State Assembly (Erie Co., 7th D.) in 132nd New York State Legislature, 1909, beating Robert H. Reed. Wende was appointed a member of the Code and Military Affairs committees by L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Gottfried is a masculine German given name. It is derived from the Old High German name , recorded since the 7th century. The name is composed of the elements (conflated from the etyma for 'God' and 'good', and possibly further conflated with ) and ('peace, protection'). The German name was commonly hypocoristically abbreviated as ''Götz'' from the late medieval period. ''Götz'' and variants (including '' Göthe, Göthke'' and ''Göpfert'') also came into use as German surnames. Gottfried is a common Jewish surname as well. Given name The given name ''Gottfried'' became extremely frequent in Germany in the High Middle Ages, to the point of eclipsing most other names in ''God-'' (such as ''Godabert, Gotahard, Godohelm, Godomar, Goduin, Gotrat, Godulf'', etc.) The name was Latinised as ''Godefridus''. Medieval bearers of the name include: *Gotfrid, Duke of Alemannia and Raetia (d. 709) *Godefrid (d. c. 720), son of Drogo of Champagne, Frankish nobleman. *Godfrid Haraldsson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |