Brief Life History of Edward Parley
When Edward Parley Broadhead was born on 18 January 1896, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, his father, James Morris Broadhead, was 35 and his mother, Sarah Ann Wright, was 28. He married Mary Ellen Earl on 1 October 1917, in Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He immigrated to Canada in 1897 and lived in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada in 1931 and Cardston, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada in 1954. In 1931, at the age of 35, his occupation is listed as farming in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. He died on 20 May 1981, in Cardston County, Alberta, Canada, at the age of 85, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Mountain View, Cardston County, Alberta, Canada.
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- Charles Broadhead, "Canada Census, 1931"
- Edward Parley Broadhead and Velma Pierson born Harker in Alberta Certificate of Marriage
- Edward Parley Broadhead, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1905
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1919 · The Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on all intoxicating liquors in the United States. As a result of the Amendment, the Prohibition made way for bootlegging and speakeasies becoming popular in many areas. The Eighteenth Amendment was then repealed by the Twenty-first Amendment. Making it the first and only amendment that has been repealed.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire): topographic name for someone who lived by a broad headland, from Middle English brod ‘wide, broad’ (Old English brād) + Middle English heved, hed ‘head, headland’ (Old English hēafod).
English: nickname from northern Middle English brad + hed, heved ‘broad head’ (Old English brād + hēafod).
Americanized form of German Breithaupt or any of the cognates in other languages.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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LIFE STORY OR EDWARD PARLEY BROADHEAD
This story was added by Kristen Hartley on August 5, 2014. This journal was found in a "Book of Remembrance" in my parent's home. "Son of James Moris Broadhead and Sara Ann Wright born Jan 18, 1896 …
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