Ernest Eden

Male1880–

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

James Eden
1838–1910
Ester Stokes
1839–
James Henry Eden
1860–
John Eden
1864–
Joseph Eden
1866–
Frank Eden
1870–1926
Virginia Eden
1872–1891
Frederick Owen Eden
1875–1876
Alfred Eden
1877–1952
Ernest Eden
1880–

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"

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World Events (8)

1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children

Age 0

School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.

1884

Age 4

Art Nouveau Period (Art and Antiques).

1914

Age 34

Outbreak of World War I. UK enters hostilities against Germany. Grueling trench warfare in Belgium and France.

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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