When Minnie Edna Eldridge was born on 22 August 1899, in Alexander, Franklin, Iowa, United States, her father, James Emery Eldridge, was 36 and her mother, Mary Elizabeth Evans, was 37. She married Wesley Perry Zornes on 2 June 1917, in Visalia, Tulare, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Ramona Township, San Diego, California, United States in 1940 and El Cajon, San Diego, California, United States in 1959. She died on 5 March 1999, in Escondido, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 99, and was buried in Julian, San Diego, California, United States.
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English (southeastern): from the Middle English personal name Elrich or Eldrich, variants of Alrich and Aldrich, representing any one of three Old English personal names, Æthelrīc, Ælfrīc, and Ealdrīc, formed respectively from æthel- ‘noble’, ælf ‘elf, sprite’, and (e)ald ‘old, honored’ + rīc ‘ruler’ (see Aldridge ). The name might also be a variant of Eldrett, a variant of Aldred , which often occurs in Middle English as Aldret and Eldret, and might have been associated with Eldridge as a result of surname confusion.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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