Edna Fish

Female29 November 1912–8 July 1951

Brief Life History of Edna

When Edna Fish was born on 29 November 1912, in Sunnyside, Carbon, Utah, United States, her father, John Fish Jr, was 35 and her mother, Louisa Moran, was 37. She married Robert Mathew Hoffman on 31 July 1930, in Carbon, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Juab, Utah, United States in 1935 and Mona Election Precinct, Juab, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 8 July 1951, in Sheridan, Sheridan, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 38.

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Family Time Line

Robert Mathew Hoffman
1909–1987
Edna Fish
1912–1951
Marriage: 31 July 1930
Michael Hoffman
1930–1930
Maureen May Hoffman
1931–1939
Nancy Jean Hoffman
1936–2006
Roma Mae Hoffman
1942–2022
Curtis R. Hoffman
1948–1948

Sources (13)

  • Edna Fish, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
  • Edna Hoffman in household of Robert Swasey, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Edna May Fish, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    31 July 1930Carbon, Utah, United States
  • Children (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (8)

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    World Events (8)

    1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

    Age 1

    The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

    1915 · Dinosaur National Monument

    Age 3

    Dinosaur National Monument is a park that contains over 800 paleontological sites and fossils. It was declared a National Monument on October 4, 1915.

    1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

    Age 11

    Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English fish, fisch, fisk ‘fish’ (Old English fisc, Old Norse fiskr), a metonymic occupational name for a fisherman or fish seller, or a nickname for someone thought to resemble a fish.

    Americanized form of German Fisch , and a variant of the same Jewish (Ashkenazic) surname. The surname of Jewish and German origin is also found in Britain.

    Americanized form (translation into English) of French Poisson ‘fish’.

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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