Brief Life History of Edward Layton
When Edward Layton Grampp was born in 1914, in Princeton, Bureau, Illinois, United States, his father, Edward Edmond Grampp, was 37 and his mother, Bessie Claire Pryor, was 38. He married Vesta Floy Hall on 31 October 1945, in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Arlington, Virginia, United States in 1950. He died on 2 July 2005, in Scottsdale, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Unknown, "United States 1950 Census"
- Edward Layton Grampp, "Illinois, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"
- Edward L. Grampp, "Arizona, Mesa LDS Family History Center, Obituary Index, 1959-2014"
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World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
1917 · Camp Lee Training Facility
Camp Lee was the sight of where Europeans first came face to face with the Powhatan Confederation. Than during the Civil War the Union forces used it as a surprise attack and blocked Lee’s army from the supply base. When World War II started Fort Lee became Camp Lee and was used as a training facility.
1941
Japanese attack Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
From an Old English personal name derived from ēad ‘prosperity, riches’ + weard ‘guard’. This has been one of the most successful of all Old English names, in frequent use from before the Conquest to the present day, and even being exported into other European languages. It was the name of three Anglo-Saxon kings and has been borne by eight kings of England since the Norman Conquest. It is also the name of the youngest son of Queen Elizabeth II . The most influential early bearer was King Edward the Confessor ( ?1002–66 ; ruled 1042–66 ). In a troubled period of English history, he contrived to rule fairly and (for a time at any rate) firmly. But in the latter part of his reign he paid more attention to his religion than to his kingdom. He died childless, and his death sparked off conflicting claims to his throne, which were resolved by the victory of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings. His memory was honoured by Normans and English alike, for his fairness and his piety. Edward's mother was Norman; he had spent part of his youth in Normandy; and William claimed to have been nominated by Edward as his successor. Edward was canonized in the 12th century, and came to be venerated throughout Europe as a model of a Christian king.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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Life Sketch Presented at Edward's Funeral in July, 2005
Edward Layton Grampp, Dad, was born at home in Princeton, Illinois on October 1st, 1914. He grew up in this idyllic small town in mid-western USA and always enjoyed returning there to visit. He was …
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