Brief Life History of Edith May
When Edith May Arne was born on 9 April 1873, in Iowa, United States, her father, Cpl. William Hamilton Arne, was 28 and her mother, Margaret Jeanette Criswell, was 24. She married Frank Boughton Phillips on 10 December 1890, in Alpena, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Riverton, Coos, Oregon, United States in 1920 and Corvallis Election Precinct 3, Benton, Oregon, United States in 1940. She died on 9 June 1940, in Corvallis, Benton, Oregon, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Fir Grove Cemetery, Cottage Grove, Lane, Oregon, United States.
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Sources (20)
- Edith May Phillips Phillips in entry for Flora Sylvia McKinley, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917"
- Edith M Phillips, "United States Census, 1940"
- Edith M Arne in entry for James F Hiner, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Marriage Records, 1906-1968"
Spouse and Children
1855–1931 Male
1873–1940 Female
Children (5)
1891–1899 Female
1893–1974 Female
1895–1986 Female
1897–1977 Female
1911–1990 Male
Parents and Siblings
1844–1912 Male
1848–1923 Female
Siblings (9)
1871– Male
1873–1940 Female
1876–1911 Female
1876–1944 Female
1877– Female
+4 More Children
World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
Age 2
1889
Age 16
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 23
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Juel.
English (northern), Swedish, and German: from the (medieval) personal name Arne, a short form of Arnold or, in Scandinavia, any of the many other Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element, for example Arnbjörn, Arnfinn, and Arnsten.
English: habitational name from Arne, a place in Dorset, which is most probably named with Old English ærn ‘building, house’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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