Edna Louisa Haws

Brief Life History of Edna Louisa

When Edna Louisa Haws was born on 26 January 1895, in Marysvale, Piute, Utah, United States, her father, George Robert Haws, was 30 and her mother, Adaline Clarinda Hardy, was 28. She married Joseph Lester Smoot on 14 January 1912, in Junction, Piute, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Coyote, Garfield, Utah, United States in 1920 and Antimony, Garfield, Utah, United States in 1930. She died on 1 August 1982, in Richfield, Sevier, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Antimony Cemetery, Antimony, Garfield, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Lester Smoot
1891–1969
Edna Louisa Haws
1895–1982
Marriage: 14 January 1912
Lester Haws Smoot
1912–1990
R L Smoot
1915–1984
William Wilson Smoot
1918–1920
Addie Smoot
1922–2007
Jack Smoot
1929–1929

Sources (29)

  • Edna Louisa Haws Smoot in household of Joseph Lister Smoot, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Edna Louisa Hawes - birth: 26 January 1895; Marysvale, Piute, Utah, United States
  • Miss Edna Haws, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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.

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.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

Name Meaning

Possibly an altered form of Haas .

English (East Anglia): variant of Hawes .

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

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