Edna Emma Golden

Brief Life History of Edna Emma

When Edna Emma Golden was born on 17 July 1890, in Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States, her father, Victor Laurence Golden, was 30 and her mother, Mary Frances Britton, was 27. She married Walter Franklin Griffiths on 3 January 1912, in Saint Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Niota, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1940 and Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States in 1950. She died on 8 May 1965, at the age of 74.

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Family Time Line

Walter Franklin Griffiths
1888–1954
Edna Emma Golden
1890–1965
Marriage: 3 January 1912
Gwen L Griffiths
1917–2004
Rosswell Golden Griffiths
1919–1985

Sources (12)

  • Edna E Griffith, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Edna Emma Golden - Published information: birth: 17 July 1890; Hastings, Adams, Nebraska, United States
  • Edna Golden, "Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949"

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Name Meaning

English: from Middle English golden ‘made of gold; golden in color’ (from Old English gylden), generally a nickname for someone with golden-blond hair.

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mag Ualghairg (see McGoldrick ).

Irish: adopted for Ó Gabhláin, ‘descendant of Gabhlán’, a personal name based on a diminutive of gabhal ‘fork’.

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

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