Edward Joseph Marsh

Brief Life History of Edward Joseph

When Edward Joseph Marsh was born on 5 May 1893, in Bellingham, Whatcom, Washington, United States, his father, Michael Joseph Marsh, was 34 and his mother, Jane Joanna McVey, was 28. He married Florence Ann Stout on 8 July 1917, in Washington, United States. He lived in Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States in 1935 and Brooklyn Judicial Township, Alameda, California, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1919. He died on 6 November 1940, in Alameda, California, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States.

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Edward Joseph Marsh
1893–1940
Velva D
1901–
Marriage: 4 April 1925

Sources (22)

  • Edward J Marsh, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Marsh, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • Edw Joseph Marsh, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · Oregon Historical Society

The Oregon Historical Society was founded on December 17, 1898, for the “collection, preservation, exhibition, and publication of material of a historical character, especially that relating to the history of Oregon and of the United States.” 

1906 · Saving Food Labels

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.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.

Americanized form of German Marsch .

Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.

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

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