Edith L Ramsey

Brief Life History of Edith L

When Edith L Ramsey was born on 8 April 1895, in Alleghany, Alleghany, Virginia, United States, her father, John Newman Ramsey, was 37 and her mother, Mary Susan Holliday, was 33. She married Emmett Ellis Forren on 14 May 1919, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. She lived in Charleston, Kanawha, West Virginia, United States in 1900 and United States in 1910. She died on 27 December 1929, in Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 34, and was buried in Fort Spring, Greenbrier, West Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

Emmett Ellis Forren
1894–1953
Edith L Ramsey
1895–1929
Marriage: 14 May 1919
Faye Irene Forren
1920–1996
Edith Virginia Forren
1921–

Sources (15)

  • Edith L Forrene in household of Emmit E Forrene, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Edith L Ramsey, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Edith L. Ramsey, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"

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.

1899 · USS Shubrick is Launched

On March 11, 1899 the USS Shubrick was laid, on October 31, 1899 it was launched. The ship was named after William Branford Shubrick. It was sponsored by Miss Caroline Shubrick and commissioned in 1901 with Lt Allen M Cook in command.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.

Name Meaning

Scottish, English, and Irish (Antrim): habitational name from Ramsey (Huntingdonshire, now part of Cambridgeshire), from Old English hramsa ‘wild garlic’ + ēg ‘island, low-lying land’. Alternatively, the name may also arise from Ramsey (Essex), probably from the same etymology as the Huntingdonshire placename. However, this is unlikely to be the source of the Scottish surname. This form of the surname is also common in Ireland, where it is probably in most if not all cases an altered form of Scottish Ramsay .

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

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