Thomas Edgar Lyon

Brief Life History of Thomas Edgar

When Thomas Edgar Lyon was born on 9 August 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, David Ross Lyon, was 38 and his mother, Mary Cairns, was 37. He married Laura Hermana Forsberg on 16 August 1927, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1920 and Lewisville, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1930. He died on 20 September 1978, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Edgar Lyon
1903–1978
Laura Hermana Forsberg
1906–1980
Marriage: 16 August 1927
David Waldemar Lyon
1928–2012
John Forsberg Lyon
1930–2009
Allyn Laurence Lyon
1934–2006
James Karl Lyon
1934–2022
Joseph Lynn Lyon
1939–2021

Sources (38)

  • Thomas E Lyon, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Thomas Lyon, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Thomas Edgar Lyon, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1904

St. Louis, Missouri, United States hosts Summer Olympic Games.

1904 · Weerdinge Couple Found in Bog

Two skeletons were found next to each other in Drenthe, Netherlands. The skeletons were dated back to between 160 BC and 220 AD. One of the skeletons was thought to be a female and the other a male so scientists called them the Weerdinge couple or Mr. and Mrs. Veenstra. It was determined that both skeletons were men and the name was changed to Weerdinge Men.

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

Scottish, English, and French: from the personal name Middle English Lyon, Old French Leon (from Latin leo ‘lion’, or the cognate Greek leōn; see Leon ). Compare Lyall .

Scottish and English (of Norman origin): habitational name from Lyons-la-Forêt in Eure, Normandy. It is unlikely to be from the better-known southern French city of Lyon (see 5 below).

English and French: nickname from Middle English lioun ‘lion’ (Old English, Latin leo), Old French leon, perhaps applied to a brave, fierce, or proud person, or one with a shaggy mane of hair. Compare Lion .

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

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Story Highlight

UNCLE NICK AND THE TRAIN ROBBERS AND OTHER STORIES – HOW THE CROOKSTON AND LYON FAMILIES ARE CONNECTED By Joseph Lynn Lyon July 2017

As a small child at bedtime my father (Thomas Edgar Lyon) would tell my twin brother and me stories about a man named Uncle Nick. He was a frontier sheriff and these stories were about crimes such as …

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