Eral Woodland Henderson

Brief Life History of Eral Woodland

When Eral Woodland Henderson was born on 30 September 1897, in Robin, Bannock, Idaho, United States, his father, Benjamin Williams Henderson, was 27 and his mother, Dicy Elizabeth Woodland, was 26. He married Ruby Emeline England on 29 October 1919, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in United States in 1949. He died on 13 June 1985, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Sandy, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Eral Woodland Henderson
1897–1985
Ruby Emeline England
1901–1989
Marriage: 29 October 1919
Elizabeth Henderson
1923–2001
Anne Louise Henderson
1934–2020

Sources (48)

  • Eral W Henderson, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Idaho, U.S., Birth Records, 1861-1919, Stillbirth Index, 1905-1967
  • Earl Woodland Henderson, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

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.

1899

Historical Boundaries 1899: Bannock, Idaho, United States

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

Name Meaning

English and Scottish: usually from Middle English and Older Scots Hener(i)son ‘Henry's son’, occasionally from Middle English Hendeson ‘son of Hen’, a pet form of Henry , both with an intrusive -d-. Compare Hendrie . In Scotland Henderson was sometimes substituted for McKendrick .

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

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