Brief Life History of Edith
When Edith Wisdom was born about 1864, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, her father, Edward Godfrey Wisdom, was 48 and her mother, Jane Rebecca Bayer, was 44. She lived in Amherst Township, Cherokee, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Marcus, Cherokee, Iowa, United States in 1885.
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Sources (4)
- Edith Wisdom in household of Edward G Wisdom, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Edith Russ in entry for George Russ, "Delaware Vital Records, 1650-1974"
- Edith Wisdom in household of Edward J Wisdom, "United States Census, 1880"
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World Events (8)
1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1871
Historical Boundaries: 1871: Cherokee, Iowa, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
English (Middlesex, Surrey, Hampshire, and Kent): nickname for a wise or learned person, from Middle English wisdom (Old English wīsdōm) ‘wisdom, learning’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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