Edna Martha Warner

Brief Life History of Edna Martha

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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Family Time Line

Harry Alben Smith
1889–1932
Edna Martha Warner
1896–1969
Marriage: 12 December 1912
Helen Adelia Smith
1913–1996
Roger Sunday Smith
1915–1990
Harry Alben Smith
1918–2000
Marshall Sterling Smith
1926–2000

Sources (13)

  • Martha E Warner in household of Peter Warner, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Edna Martha Warner Smith, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Edna Martha Smith in entry for Roger Sunday Smith, "Texas, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947"

World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1905 · The Movie Theater

The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in. 

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.

Name Meaning

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.

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Edna 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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