Brief Life History of Edna Cecil
When Edna Cecil Kennedy was born on 9 November 1906, in Beloit, Mitchell, Kansas, United States, her father, William Elton Kennedy, was 30 and her mother, Dessie Turnage, was 18. She married William Ross Coles on 29 November 1922, in Dewey, Oklahoma, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Dewey, Oklahoma, United States in 1920 and Simpson Township, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States for about 10 years. She died on 2 March 1996, in Vici, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Sunny Side Cemetery, Vici, Dewey, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Edna C Coles in household of Ross R Coles, "United States Census, 1930"
- Edna Coles, "Oklahoma, County Marriages, 1890-1995"
- Edna C Kennedy Coles, "Find A Grave Index"
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1907
Oklahoma is the 46th state.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
Name Meaning
Irish and Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Ceannéidigh ‘descendant of Ceannéidigh’ (from ceann ‘head’ + éidigh ‘ugly’); or from the Scottish Gaelic Mac Cinnèidigh, consisting of mac ‘son’ with an equivalent name. Compare Canaday , Cannady , Cannedy , Kannady , and Kenedy .
History: Kennedy ancestral lands are found both in Ireland and in Scotland, where the family's medieval ancestral seat is sited on the Ayrshire coast, facing the Irish Sea. — The great-grandparents of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917–63) came to North America as immigrants from Ireland in the 1840s. His paternal great-grandparents were Patrick Kennedy (1823–58), born in Dunganstown, County Wexford, Ireland, and Bridget Murphy, who was born probably in Owenduff, County Wexford, Ireland c. 1827; they came to Boston, MA, in 1849. His maternal great-grandparents were Thomas Fitzgerald (1823–85), who was born in Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, and Rose Anna Cox, who was born probably in Tomregan or Kinawley, County Cavan, Ireland, c. 1835; they came to Boston, MA, in 1857. — An early Scottish Kennedy forebear of a quite different family was British colonial official Archibald Kennedy (1685–1763), the son of Alexander Kennedy of Craigoch, who emigrated to NY c. 1710.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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