Leona Ruth Stoddard

Female17 November 1904–29 March 1991

Brief Life History of Leona Ruth

When Leona Ruth Stoddard was born on 17 November 1904, in Milford, Beaver, Utah, United States, her father, Abel Morgan Stoddard, was 41 and her mother, Elizabeth Jane Blackner, was 34. She married John Edward Carroll on 17 February 1926. She lived in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930. She died on 29 March 1991, in Ventura, California, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

Sabatini
1909–
Leona Ruth Stoddard
1904–1991
Marriage: about 1965

Sources (8)

  • Leona R Carroll in household of John E Carroll, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Leona Ruth Stoddard Sabatini, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Leona Stoddard in entry for John Edward Carroll, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1965California, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

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    World Events (8)

    1906 · Saving Food Labels

    Age 2

    The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

    1906 · Great San Francisco Earthquake

    Age 2

    A 7.8 magnitude earthquake shook San Francisco for approximately 60 seconds on April 18, 1906. A 1906 report by US Army Relief Operations recorded the death toll for San Francisco and surrounding areas at 664. Later reports record the number at over 3,000 deaths. An estimated 225,000 people were left homeless from the widespread destructuction as 80% of the city was destroyed.

    1927

    Age 23

    Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

    Name Meaning

    English and Scottish: occupational name for someone who looked after a stud of horses, from Middle English and Older Scots stod(e), stud(e) ‘establishment where horses were bred’, ‘herd of stallions or mares’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’.

    English: variant of Stothard, an occupational name for a keeper of cattle or horses, from Middle English stot ‘steer, bullock’ or ‘horse’ + herd(e) ‘herdsman’. The name was probably confused with Stodeherd ‘keeper of stud-horses’ (see above).

    History: The Stoddard family of Boston, MA, was introduced by Anthony Stoddard (1600–1686), who settled there in 1639. Solomon Stoddard (1643–1728/9) was a prominent Congregational clergyman in MA, the grandfather of Jonathan Edwards, and progenitor of many noted descendants.

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

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