Edith May Paxton

Female16 May 1881–August 1967

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

Lon Barber
1879–1945
Edith May Paxton
1881–1967
Marriage: about 1900
Jessie Margaret Barber
1905–1967
Wellington Oxley Barber
1907–1951
Russell Lon Barber
1908–1976
Harold Percy Barber
1910–1964
Donald Paxton Barber
1913–1994
William Lockwood Barber
1917–1986

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

  • Marriage
    about 1900Canada
  • Children (6)

    +1 More Child

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

    Age 1

    A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

    1884 · ""

    Age 3

    Historical Boundaries - 1884: Jackson, Oregon, United States

    1904

    Age 23

    St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

    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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