Brief Life History of Robert Edwards
When Robert Edwards Finch was born on 4 December 1892, in Goshen, Juab, Utah, United States, his father, Hyrum Finch, was 41 and his mother, Mary Ann Garbett, was 36. He married Annie Elizabeth Adams on 17 February 1914, in Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Payson Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 23 July 1981, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Original Goshen Pioneer Cemetery, Goshen, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Robert E Finch, "United States Census, 1930"
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- Robert E Finch, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940" (Adams)
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Name Meaning
English: nickname from Middle English finch, fink ‘finch’ (Old English finc), for a small, lively, cheerful person.
Americanized form (translation into English) of German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), Czech, Slovenian, and Croatian Fink ‘finch’, or of some of the corresponding Slavic surnames, e.g. Czech (Moravian) Pěnka (see Penka ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Sarah Ann Finch (1884-1961, 77 yrs.)
Sarah Ann Finch, sixth child of Mary Ann Garbett and Hyrum Finch, was born at Goshen, Utah, July 21, 1884. She could well say, “I was born of goodly parents,” as hers were surely numbered among God’’s …
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