Edith Eleanor Dempster

Brief Life History of Edith Eleanor

When Edith Eleanor Dempster was born in August 1886, in Arlington, Fayette, Iowa, United States, her father, James Buchanan Dempster, was 30 and her mother, Sarah E Gray, was 24. She married Perry L Aldrich on 9 July 1904, in Elkader, Clayton, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Delaware, Delaware, Iowa, United States in 1910 and Waterloo, Black Hawk, Iowa, United States in 1920. She died before 1990, and was buried in Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Perry L Aldrich
1878–1950
Edith Eleanor Dempster
1886–1990
Marriage: 9 July 1904
Perry Aldrich
1900–
Harold W. Aldrich
1905–1981
Opal Amy Aldrich
1907–1994
Howard Aldrich
1910–1910
Dale Aldrich
1912–1990

Sources (11)

  • Bessie Aldridge in household of Perry Aldridge, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Edith E Aldrich, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
  • Fenstmaker, "California, Death Index, 1940-1997"

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Name Meaning

English, Manx, and Scottish: occupational name for a judge or arbiter of minor disputes, from Middle English demester(e) ‘judge’. Although this was originally a feminine form of the masculine dēmere (see Deamer ), by the Middle English period the suffix -stre had lost its feminine force, and the term was used of both sexes. The surname is not common in England, where the term was early replaced by Anglo-Norman French juge (see Judge ), but relatively frequent in Scotland, where until 1747 every laird of a barony could have certain offenses within his territory tried by his dempster, and on the Isle of Man, where deemsters also played an important part in the administration of justice.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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