Brief Life History of Edd
When Edd Wight was born on 1 June 1872, his father, James Madison Wight, was 32 and his mother, Mary Ann Ettien, was 28. He married Isabella Nicholson on 1 May 1898, in Fergus, Fergus, Montana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Billings, Yellowstone, Montana, United States in 1935 and School District 39 New Liberty, Judith Basin, Montana, United States in 1940. He died on 9 October 1942, in Lewistown, Fergus, Montana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Hobson, Judith Basin, Montana, United States.
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- Edd Wight, "United States Census, 1940"
- Ed. Wight, "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950"
- Edd Wight, "Find A Grave Index"
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1874
Historical Boundaries 1874: Meagher, Montana Territory, United States 1886: Fergus, Montana Territory, United States 1889: Fergus, Montana, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1893
Historical Boundaries - 1893: Ravalli, Montana, United States
Name Meaning
Scottish and English: nickname from Middle English wiht, wight ‘agile, nimble, strong, brave’ (Old Norse víg with the Old Norse neuter suffix -t, for which compare the word scant), or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht. Possibly sometimes a nickname from Middle English wight ‘living creature; small portion or thing’, or from the corresponding Older Scots word wicht.
English: habitational name from the Isle of Wight. The island is recorded as Vectis (its Latin name) c. 150 AD . Its name derives from a British word, perhaps related to Welsh gwaith ‘turn, course’, meaning ‘place of the division’, in reference to the island's position in the Solent.
English and Scottish: variant of White .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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