Brief Life History of Emma Rachel
When Emma Rachel Herbert was born in August 1877, in England, United Kingdom, her father, John Agustus Herbert, was 27 and her mother, Margaret Ann Guy, was 26. She married John Nathaniel Edmunds about 1900, in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, United States for about 20 years and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1950. She died on 13 January 1962, at the age of 84.
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- Emma R Edmunds, "United States 1950 Census"
- Emma Rachel Edmunds, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Emma in entry for John N Edmunds, "United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
about 1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
German, English, and French: from a personal name composed of the ancient Germanic elements heri, hari ‘army’ + berht ‘bright, famous’. In Britain, this Old French name, introduced by the Normans, reinforced the less common Old English cognate Herebeorht. The surname was taken to Ireland after the Anglo-Norman invasion and in the 16th century.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): from the German personal name (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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