Brief Life History of Edna Adelia
When Edna Adelia StClair was born on 16 August 1918, in Christiansburg, Montgomery, Virginia, United States, her father, John Meadow St. Clair, was 25 and her mother, Pence Anna Gillespie, was 27. She married Calvin Clay Bray on 24 September 1949, in Henrico, Virginia, United States. She lived in Salem, Roanoke County, Virginia, United States in 1930 and Leatherwood District, Henry, Virginia, United States in 1950. She died on 3 October 1985, in Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Roselawn Burial Park, Martinsville, Virginia, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Edna Delia Stclair, "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988"
- Edna Adelia Bray, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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World Events (8)
1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
1920
The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.
1937 · The Neutrality Act
The Neutrality Acts were passed in response to the growing conflicts in Europe and Asia during the time leading up to World War II. The primary purpose was so the US wouldn't engage in any more foreign conflicts. Most of the Acts were repealed in 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: variant of Sinclair . This is also a French Canadian and American French altered form of the same surname.
French (Saint-Clair): habitational name from any of several places, e.g. in Normandy, named Saint-Clair (from the dedication of their churches to Saint Clarus). Compare Saintclair .
Haitian (also Saint-Clair): ornamental name or nickname, perhaps ironic, composed of French saint ‘saint’ or ‘holy’ and clair ‘clear’ or ‘lightness’. Alternatively, perhaps of the same French origin as 2 above. Compare Saintclair .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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