Brief Life History of Leonard Rodney
When Leonard Rodney Edman was born on 29 August 1911, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Charles Leonard Edman, was 26 and his mother, Ragna Aurelia Mathiesen, was 26. He married Esther Marion Lawson on 24 November 1937, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Utah, United States for about 15 years and Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 11 October 1998, at the age of 87, and was buried in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Rodney L Edman, "United States 1950 Census"
- Mr. Leonard Rodney Edman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Rodney Leonard Edman, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"
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1912 · The Girl Scouts
Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.
1912 · The Capitol Building
As time passed, smaller buildings became inadequate to house the local leaders and the territory legislator, so a call for a new permanent capitol building became an item of discussion. Several of people requested that Salt Lake City donate 20 acres of land for the construction of a new Capitol building, but plans were put on hold until Utah gained statehood in 1896. After the new state legislature passed the approval for the building of the Capitol, funding was secured and the search for a site was underway. One of the more popular sites considered was located on Fort Douglas property, but it was decided to construct it on the original 20 acres site now known as Capitol Hill. The Capitol has been renovated multiple times since its original construction, to better stabilize the structure to be able to withstand a 7.3 magnitude earthquake and to demonstrate the history of the state. The Capitol was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.
1935 · The FBI is Established
The Bureau of Investigation's name was changed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to help citizens know that the Government is helping protect from threats both domestically and abroad.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Swen, Thor.
English (Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Ed(e)man, occasionally Ad(e)man (Old English Ēadmann, from ēad ‘prosperity’ + mann ‘man’). Alternatively, a variant of Edmond . In Middle English, Edmund (also occasionally found as Admund) was probably sometimes confused with Edman and Adman, and the resulting surnames were almost certainly interchangeable in post-medieval times.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘isthmus’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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