Brief Life History of Eva Merretta
When Eva Merretta Howard was born on 23 April 1910, in Union, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Lockhart Anderson Howard Jr., was 30 and her mother, Martha Elizabeth Brady, was 24. She married Leonard Milton Petersen Senior on 11 April 1932, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Penrose Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States for about 5 years and Penrose, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1950. She died on 31 May 1981, in Tremonton, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Penrose Cemetery, Penrose, Box Elder, Utah, United States.
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Sources (39)
- Eva Maretta Howard, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- Ena Merretta Howard Petersen in household of Leonord Malton Petersen, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- Eva Howard, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
Spouse and Children
1907–1972 Male
1910–1981 Female
Children (5)
1933–2004 Male
1936–2005 Female
1939–2000 Male
1946–1946 Male
1952–2013 Male
Parents and Siblings
1879–1941 Male
1885–1952 Female
Siblings (5)
1904–1954 Female
1905–1906 Male
1910–1981 Female
1915–1977 Female
1921–1985 Male
World Events (8)
1911 · The Salt Lake International Airport
Age 1
1911 · Primary Children's Hospital
Age 1
1929
Age 19
Name Meaning
English: of Norman origin, from the Middle English personal names Huward (also Howard) and Heward, from Old French Huard (itself from ancient Germanic Hugihard, hugi- ‘mind, understanding, spirit’ + hard- ‘hardy, bold’). As Hugh appears in Middle English as both How and Hew, this is the definite origin of Heward and a source of Howard. This surname is also very common among African Americans. See Hugh .
English: from the Middle English personal name Haward or Howard, usually an Anglicized form of Old Danish Hāwarth (Old Norse Hávarthr, from há ‘high’ + varthr ‘guard, guardian, warden’). Alternation between Haward and Howard may have led to later confusion with Hayward .
English: occasionally a variant of Ewart 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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