Myrtle V Redden

Brief Life History of Myrtle V

When Myrtle V Redden was born on 6 May 1897, in Kamas, Summit, Utah, United States, her father, Adelbert Jackson Redden, was 43 and her mother, Katherine Margaret Eskelson, was 27. She had at least 1 son with Irving Edward Adams. She lived in Price, Carbon, Utah, United States in 1930 and Larimer, Colorado, United States in 1950. She died on 16 May 1953, in Lafayette, Boulder, Colorado, United States, at the age of 56, and was buried in Lafayette Cemetery, Lafayette, Boulder, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Irving Edward Adams
1893–1970
Myrtle V Redden
1897–1953
Chester Adams
1919–1988

Sources (17)

  • Myrtle Adams, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Myrtle Redding, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 for Chester Adams (Son of Myrtle Adams (Redden))

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1901 · The Daughters of Utah Pioneers

The Daughters of Utah Pioneers was organized by Annie Taylor Hyde after she invited a group of fifty-four women to her home to find ways to recognize names and achievements of the men, women and children who were the pioneers. They followed the lead of other national lineage societies, such as the Daughters of the American Revolution. They were legally incorporated in 1925.

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.

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Redden in Sprouston (Roxburghshire). Early-medieval spellings like Reuenden suggest that the placename is from Old English hræfna denu ‘ravens' valley’.

English: topographic name for someone who lived in or near a patch of cleared woodland, from Middle English reden(e) (Old English ryden) ‘clearing’.

Irish: variant of Redding .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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