Edna Joan Andrews
1927–1943 (Age 16)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
The Life of Edna Joan
When Edna Joan Andrews was born on 3 February 1927, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, her father, Arthur William Andrews, was 31 and her mother, Edna Rachel Steele, was 29. She died on 3 August 1943, in her hometown, at the age of 16, and was buried in St John's Norway Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Arthur William Andrews
1895–1949
Edna Rachel Steele
1897–1990
Edna Joan Andrews
1927–1943
Parents & Siblings
1895–1949Male
1897–1990Female
siblings
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1927–1943Female
World Events (2)
1934 · Dionne Quintuplets Born
Age 7
Born on May 28, 1934, the Dionne quintuplets were the first set of quintuplets to survive infancy. The five girls were born two months prematuare and months later were taken from their parents by the Red Cross. In the 1940s they were returned to their family.
1943 · Conservative Party Wins Ontario Election
Age 16
George A. Drew was the leader of the Progressive Conservative Party. In 1943, they won the Ontario election.
Name Meaning
English: patronymic from the personal name Andrew . This is the usual southern English patronymic form, also found in Wales; the Scottish and northern English form is Anderson . In North America this name has absorbed numerous cases of the various European cognates and their derivatives. (For forms, see Hanks and Hodges 1988 .)
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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