Brief Life History of Edgar Cleveland
When Edgar Cleveland Pearson was born on 7 April 1885, in San Luis Obispo, California, United States, his father, David Monroe Pearson Sr, was 43 and his mother, Martha Elizabeth Brown, was 27. He married Etta Mae Goodwin on 30 September 1909, in California, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 13 May 1946, in Colusa, California, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Citizens Cemetery, Stanislaus, California, United States.
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- Edgar C Pearson, "United States Census, 1940"
- Edgar C Pearson, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"
- Edgar C Pearson, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1902 · So Much Farm Land
A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name Per(e) or Piers (see Pear and Pierce ) + son. The surname is also quite common in Ireland, where it has been established for many centuries. Compare Peerson .
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish (Ashkenazic) surnames.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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