Edith Stewart

Brief Life History of Edith

When Edith Stewart was born on 12 November 1891, in Bono, Bono Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, her father, John Lewis Stewart, was 26 and her mother, Lola Monta Voyles, was 17. She married Lemuel Ebb Bennett on 20 October 1910, in Lawrence, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Guthrie, Marshall Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States for about 10 years and Guthrie Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1940. She died on 17 August 1975, in Tunnelton, Guthrie Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Tunnelton, Guthrie Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lemuel Ebb Bennett
1884–1971
Edith Stewart
1891–1975
Marriage: 20 October 1910
Herschel Bennett
1911–1996
Harold Bennett
1913–2006
Theron Bennett
1915–1915
Berl Bennett
1922–
Lemuel Bennett
1924–1980
Mary Edith Bennett
1929–2023

Sources (30)

  • Edith Stewart in household of John L Stewart, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Indiana, Birth Certificates, 1907-1940
  • Edith Stewart, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"

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Name Meaning

Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: originally an occupational name for an administrative official of an estate, from Middle English stiward, Old English stigweard, stīweard, a compound of stig ‘house(hold)’ + weard ‘guardian’. In the Anglo-Saxon period this title was used of an officer controlling the domestic affairs of a household, especially of the royal household; after the Norman Conquest it was also used more widely as the native equivalent of Seneschal, for the steward of a manor or manager of an estate. In Scotland the term was also used of a magistrate originally appointed by the king to administer crown lands, forming a stewartry.

History: Stuart or Stewart is the surname of one of the great families of Scotland, the royal family of Scotland from the 14th century, and of England from 1603, when James VI of Scotland acceded to the English throne as James I. There were many minor branches of the family left in Britain after the flight of James II in 1688, but not every bearer of the surname can claim relationship with the royal house, even in Scotland. Every great house in medieval England and Scotland had its steward, and in many cases the office gave rise to a hereditary surname. The fall of the house of Stuart in Britain, conversely, led to the establishment of several highly placed branches bearing this surname in continental Europe, which are in most cases related to the old Scottish royal family.

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