Brief Life History of Edwin Franklin
When Edwin Franklin Pidge was born on 17 February 1838, in Niles, Berrien, Michigan, United States, his father, Charles G Pidge, was 28 and his mother, Catharine, was 26. He married Annettie M. Morehouse on 1 March 1875, in Cass, Michigan, United States. He lived in Berrien Township, Berrien, Michigan, United States in 1850 and Olive Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1860. He died on 15 November 1908, in San Luis Obispo, California, United States, at the age of 70.
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- E H Pidge in household of A H Pidge, "United States Census, 1860"
- Edwin F. Pidge, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Kansas, Grand Army of the Republic Post Reports, 1880-1940
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1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1857 · 7.9 Earthquake In Fort Tejon
The Fort Tejon earthquake, on January 9, 1857, registered at 7.9, making it one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded in the United States. Only two people were killed, largely due to the sparse population in the area where the earthquake occurred. As a result of the large scale shaking, the Kern River was turned upstream and fish were stranded miles from Tulare Lake as the waters were rocked so far from its banks.
Name Meaning
English:
topographic name for someone who lived on or by a ridge, Middle English rigge (Old English hrycg) ‘ridge’, or a habitational name from any of the minor places so named. It is synonymous with West Midlands Rudge and northern Rigg . The surname is also fairly common in Ireland, in County Galway, having been taken to Connacht in the early 17th century. The name is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Iomaire; iomaire being modern Irish for ‘ridge’. Compare Attridge .
sometimes perhaps a variant of Rich with voicing of the formerly medial consonant.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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