Brief Life History of Ernest
When Ernest Eden was born in 1880, in Walsall, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Eden, was 42 and his mother, Ester Stokes, was 41.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Ernest Eden in household of James Eden, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- Ernest Eden in household of James Eden, "England and Wales Census, 1891"
- Ernest Eden in household of James Eden, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
Parents and Siblings
1838–1910 Male
1839– Female
Siblings (8)
1860– Male
1864– Male
1866– Male
1870–1926 Male
1872–1891 Female
+3 More Children
World Events (8)
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
Age 0
1884
Age 4
1914
Age 34
Name Meaning
English: from the Middle English personal name Edun, Old English Ēadhūn, composed of the elements ēad ‘prosperity, wealth’ + hūn ‘bear-cub’.
English: habitational name from Castle Eden or Eden Burn in County Durham, both of which derive from a British river name meaning ‘water’, recorded by the Greek geographer Ptolemy in the 2nd century in the form Ituna.
East Frisian, North German, and Dutch (Groningen): genitivized patronymic from the personal name Ede or Edo.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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