Brief Life History of Virginia Ellen
When Virginia Ellen Edwards was born on 9 July 1916, in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States, her father, Milton Edgar Edwards, was 21 and her mother, Marie Deren Martin, was 21. She married Maxie Leon Hilligoss on 14 September 1940, in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 22 May 2003, in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, United States, at the age of 86.
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Family Time Line
Sources (9)
- Virginia E Edwards in household of Milton Edwards, "United States Census, 1930"
- Virginia E Hilligoss, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Virginia E Edwards in entry for Maxie L Hilligoss, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"
Spouse and Children
1922–2008 Male
1916–2003 Female
Children (1)
1945–2016 Female
Parents and Siblings
1895–1951 Male
1894–1967 Female
Siblings (4)
1914–2002 Female
1916–2003 Female
1919–1979 Male
1921–1989 Female
World Events (8)
1917
Age 1
1925 · Woman's World's Fair
Age 9
1941
Age 25
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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