Brief Life History of Edith Pearl
When Edith Pearl Brock was born in July 1886, in Illinois, United States, her father, George Washington Brock, was 29 and her mother, Alice Lovell Miller, was 21. She married Claude A Spoon on 14 December 1907, in Clark, Washington, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Washougal, Clark, Washington, United States for about 10 years and Port Orford Election Precinct, Curry, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 31 May 1971, in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (17)
- Edith B Spoor in household of Claude A Spoor, "United States Census, 1920"
- Edith P Brock, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
- Edith B. Spoon, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"
Spouse and Children
1879–1947 Male
1886–1971 Female
Children (3)
1908–1996 Male
1915–2006 Female
1920–1970 Female
Parents and Siblings
1856–1949 Male
1864–1944 Female
Siblings (7)
1886–1971 Female
1892–1968 Female
1895–1973 Male
1897–1968 Male
1900–1964 Female
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World Events (8)
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
Age 4
1892 · The Chicago Canal
Age 6
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 23
Name Meaning
English, Scottish, and North German: variant of Brook .
English and Scandinavian: nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, from Middle English brok(ke) ‘badger’ (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.
Dutch and Flemish: from a personal name, a short form of Brockert .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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