Edna Verlin Sanders

Brief Life History of Edna Verlin

When Edna Verlin Sanders was born on 19 September 1889, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, her father, George Norman Sanders, was 37 and her mother, Ann Eliza Whitney, was 27. She married Frederick Earl Pratt on 20 June 1911. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940.

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Family Time Line

Frederick Earl Pratt
1891–1925
Edna Verlin Sanders
1889–
Marriage: 20 June 1911
Ferdenda Frances Pratt
1912–1998
Verlin E Pratt
1917–1975

Sources (23)

  • Edna V Sanfreed in household of Dick Sanfreed, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Edna V. Pratt, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Edna B Saunders in entry for Ferdenda Francis Pratt, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

1896 · Utah Becomes a State

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English (Devon), Dutch, and North German: variant of Sander , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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