Edward Dewey Robert Sheldon

MaleSeptember 1899–about 1920

Brief Life History of Edward Dewey Robert

When Edward Dewey Robert Sheldon was born in September 1899, in Modoc, California, United States, his father, Eddy Lamb Sheldon, was 33 and his mother, Erma Isabella Linton, was 18. He lived in Adin, Modoc, California, United States for about 20 years. He died about 1920, in California, United States, at the age of 22.

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Family Time Line

Eddy Lamb Sheldon
1866–1931
Erma Isabella Linton
1881–1948
Edward Dewey Robert Sheldon
1899–about 1920

Sources (4)

  • Eddy Sheldon in household of Eddy Sheldon, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Edward Dewey Robert Sheldon - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: Edward Dewey Robert Sheldon
  • Eddie D S*On in household of Ed L S*On, "United States Census, 1900"

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Siblings (1)

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

Age 1

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

Age 1

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1906 · Saving Food Labels

Age 7

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

English: habitational name in most cases from Sheldon in Derbyshire, but sometimes from Sheldon in Warwickshire or Devon, or from Sheldon in Chippenham (Wiltshire). The Derbyshire place, recorded in Domesday Book as Scelhadun, probably takes its name from Old English scelf ‘rock, ledge, shelf’ + the placename Haddon, itself from Old English hǣth ‘heath’ + dūn ‘hill’. The Warwickshire and Wiltshire placenames probably derive from Old English scelf + dūn, while the Devon placename probably comes from Old English scelf + denu ‘valley’.

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

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