Brief Life History of Edith May
When Edith May Paxton was born on 16 May 1881, in Kinlough, Huron-Kinloss, Bruce, Ontario, Canada, her father, Robert Paxton, was 28 and her mother, Margaret Dreany, was 25. She married Lon Barber about 1900, in Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in La Verne, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1935 and Grants Pass Election Precinct 2, Josephine, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died in August 1967, in Pomona, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 86.
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Family Time Line
Sources (20)
- Edith May Paxton in entry for Jessie Margaret Barber, "Ontario Births, 1869-1912"
- Edith Barber in household of Lon Barber, "United States Census, 1940"
- Edith Barber in entry for Donald Barber and Eva Mitchell, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
Spouse and Children
1879–1945 Male
1881–1967 Female
Children (6)
1905–1967 Female
1907–1951 Male
1908–1976 Male
1910–1964 Male
1913–1994 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1852–1911 Male
1855–1937 Female
Siblings (6)
1879–1959 Female
1881–1967 Female
1883–1946 Male
1885–1956 Male
1890–1956 Female
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 1
1884 · ""
Age 3
1904
Age 23
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland (Paston in Kirknewton) or Huntingdonshire (Paxton). The former probably derives from an Old English personal name Pælloc + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename Paxton in Huntingdonshire is probably from Old English pearroc ‘enclosure, paddock’, or perhaps from an Old English personal name Pæcc + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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