James Edgar Birch

Brief Life History of James Edgar

When James Edgar Birch was born on 15 December 1899, in Wilford, Bingham, Idaho, United States, his father, James Thomas Birch, was 20 and his mother, Mary Ann Stewart, was 18. He married Veda Munk on 16 January 1924, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in St. Anthony Election Precinct 3, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 29 December 1987, in St. Anthony, Fremont, Idaho, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Wilford Cemetery, Wilford, Fremont, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Edgar Birch
1899–1987
Veda Munk
1904–1974
Marriage: 16 January 1924
Lowell Edgar Birch
1924–2004
Vincent Aaron Birch
1929–2021
Ronald Birch
1931–1931
Robert Birch
1934–1934
James Birch
1938–1938

Sources (50)

  • J Edgar Birch, "United States 1950 Census"
  • James Edgar Birch, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • James Edgar Birch, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1900 · Giving Puerto Rico an American Welcome

A law that established government on the island of Puerto Rico and gave all Puerto Ricans citizenship. This law was replaced by the Jones–Shafroth Act in 1917.

1923 · The President Dies of a Heart Attack

Warrant G. Harding died of a heart attack in the Palace hotel in San Francisco.

Name Meaning

English, German, Danish, and Swedish: topographic name for someone who lived by a birch tree or in a birch wood, from an ancient Germanic word meaning ‘birch’ (Old English birce, byrce ‘birch’, Middle High German birche, Old Danish birk). In some cases the German and English name may be derived from any of the places called with this word, such as Birch in Aargau (see Birke ) or Birch in Essex. In Swedish, the name is in many instances ornamental.

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

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Story Highlight

Historian receives recognition of peers Sept. 13, 1984

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