Brief Life History of Edith Helen
When Edith Helen Farwell was born on 22 April 1896, in Westminster, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Henry Jason Farwell, was 36 and her mother, Martha Abigail Farwell, was 24. She married Vinton Cushman Gardner on 19 June 1915, in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States in 1910 and Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States for about 30 years. She died about 1965, in Vermont, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Greenfield, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Edith H Gardner, "United States 1950 Census"
- Edith Helen Farwell, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1841-1915"
- Edith Helen Farwell Gardner, "Find a Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
English:
nickname from the Middle English phrase fare wel ‘do well, prosper’, or perhaps from the saluation fare wel ‘farewell, goodbye’. Compare Farewell 2.
habitational name from Farewell, Staffordshire, or another place so named (from Old English fæger ‘pleasant’ + wella ‘spring, stream’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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