Edith Augusta Jeans

Brief Life History of Edith Augusta

When Edith Augusta Jeans was born on 11 October 1857, in Elmira, Lane, Oregon, United States, her father, William D Jeans, was 35 and her mother, Susan Lucinda Gibson, was 25. She married Joel Francis Inman on 21 October 1877, in Lane, Oregon, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Oregon, United States in 1870 and Richardson, Lane, Oregon, United States in 1880. She died on 3 February 1936, in Eugene, Lane, Oregon, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Elmira, Lane, Oregon, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joel Francis Inman
1855–1940
Edith Augusta Jeans
1857–1936
Marriage: 21 October 1877
Cary Eldon Inman
1878–1939
Jesse Franklin Inman
1882–1953
Dorothy Inman
1892–1969

Sources (21)

  • Edith A Inman in household of Frank F Inman, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Edith Jeans, "Oregon, Lane County, Marriage Records, 1852-1921"
  • Edith A Inman, "Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Death Records, 1864-1967"

World Events (8)

1859 · Oregon Becomes a State

Oregon became the 33rd state admitted to the Union on February 14, 1859. 

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1880 · The Great Gale of 1880

The Great Gale of 1880 was a severe snow and wind storm that devastated parts of Oregon and Washington on January 9, 1880. The extratropical cyclone caused tides to rise seven feet, gale force winds, and snow accumulations of up to 18 inches.  

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: variant of the French male personal name Jean with English genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Scottish: possibly a habitational name of Norman origin, from Guines near Calais.

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

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