When Edna Martha Warner was born on 19 February 1896, in Mount Pocono, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Peter Warner, was 25 and her mother, Ida Adelia Storm, was 22. She married Harry Alben Smith, Sr. on 12 December 1912, in Stroudsburg, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Paradise Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States for about 30 years. She died on 24 October 1969, in Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Swiftwater, Pocono Township, Monroe, Pennsylvania, United States.
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English (of Norman origin) and North German: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements war(in) ‘protection, shelter’ or ‘guard’ + heri, hari ‘army’. The name was introduced into England by the Normans in the form Warnier (Old French Garnier). Compare Garner and Werner .
English (of Norman origin): shortened form of Warrener (see Warren 2).
Irish (Cork): when this is not the Anglo-Norman name (see above), an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Murnáin (see Murnane ), found in medieval records as Iwarrynane, from a genitive or plural form of the name, in which m is lenited.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Possible Related NamesEdna Martha Warner Smith was only 36 when her husband, Harry Alben Smith Sr. died. The death certificate said kidney problems, but his son said his father had suffered from tuberculosis. She was left …
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