Brief Life History of Edna Banks
When Edna Banks Blood was born on 1 December 1888, in Warren, Warren, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Arthur Raymond Blood, was 28 and her mother, Clara Marie Smith, was 28. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Bernard Shepard Leslie. She lived in Warren, Pennsylvania, United States in 1913 and Miami Beach, Dade, Florida, United States in 1930. In 1912, at the age of 23, her occupation is listed as teacher in Warren, Pennsylvania, United States. She died on 1 December 1954, in Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in North Beverly Cemetery, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Edna B Blood in household of Mrs. Clara S Blood, "United States Census, 1900"
- Edna Banks Blood, "Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976"
- Edna Banks Blood Leslie, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1898 · Florida Involvement in Spanish-American War
Florida played a critical role during the Spanish-American War. The port of Tampa saw the arrival of over 30,000 troops; this traffic resulted in the small town experiencing massive growth and becoming a city. Cuban-Americans across the state also helped with raising money and support for the war.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
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
English: occupational name for a blood-letter, based on the Middle English verb bloden ‘to let blood’. The usual Middle English terms for this occupation were bloodletter or blooder.
English: possibly also a nickname from Middle English blode ‘blood’, used as an oath (short for God's blood) but also as a term of address for a blood relative, as in: ‘Now beth nought wroth, my blode, my nece’ (Chaucer). It could also mean ‘child, near relative’ and ‘someone as dear to one as one's own offspring’.
Irish (of English origin): According to MacLysaght, the Irish family of this name came to Ireland (Clare) in the 16th century from Derbyshire, where they were originally called by the Welsh surname ap Llwyd (see Lloyd), but the Welsh origin is dubious, and it is more likely that the surname is derived from 1 or 2 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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