Brief Life History of Kathryn Elizabeth
When Kathryn Elizabeth Sheldon was born on 29 September 1913, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, her father, Louis Stark Sheldon, was 28 and her mother, Gladys Mae NEW, was 27. She married Howard A. Edwards on 18 September 1936, in Benton, Oregon, United States. She lived in Salem, Marion, Oregon, United States for about 10 years. She died on 6 November 1985, in Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand, at the age of 72.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Kathryne Sheldon in household of Lewis Sheldon, "United States Census, 1920"
- Kathryn Elizabeth Sheldon, "Oregon, County Marriages, 1851-1975"
- Kathryn E Sheldon in household of Louis S Sheldon, "United States Census, 1930"
Spouse and Children
1913– Male
1913–1985 Female
Parents and Siblings
1884–1934 Male
1886–1967 Female
Siblings (2)
1913–1985 Female
1915–1971 Male
World Events (8)
1914
Age 1
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 3
1932
Age 19
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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