Brief Life History of Edith Arvella
When Edith Arvella Clifford was born on 3 June 1911, in Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, her father, Thomas Holman Clifford Sr, was 30 and her mother, Edith Matilda Burch, was 33. She married Sixtus Ellis Johnson on 23 August 1934, in Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 10 July 2002, in Panguitch, Garfield, Utah, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Henrieville, Garfield, Utah, United States.
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Sources (29)
- Edith Orvilla Clifford in household of Thomas Holman Clifford, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Edith Arvella Clifford, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- Edith Clifford in entry for James Burch Clifford, "California, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1945"
Spouse and Children
1906–1996 Male
1911–2002 Female
Children (3)
1937–2019 Male
1939–2013 Male
1943–2023 Female
Parents and Siblings
1880–1941 Male
1877–1965 Female
Siblings (10)
1900–1992 Female
1902–1929 Female
1904–1973 Male
1908–1911 Female
1911–2002 Female
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World Events (8)
1912 · The Girl Scouts
Age 1
1914 · Governor William Spry visits Panguitch
Age 3
1935 · The FBI is Established
Age 24
Name Meaning
English and Irish: habitational name from any of various places called Clifford in Devon, Gloucestershire, and Yorkshire, and in particular Herefordshire. The placename is derived from Old English clif ‘slope’ + ford ‘ford’.
Irish: adoption of the name in 1 above as Anglicization of several Irish names, especially Ó Clúmháin ‘descendant of Clúmhán’, which was the surname of an ecclesiastical family in Sligo and can be traced back to the 12th century. The personal name meant ‘little hairy one’, a diminutive of Irish clúmach ‘hairy’, from clúmh ‘feathers, plumage, down; hair or fur’. Clifford was also adopted for Coleman and in Fermanagh for Crifferty, Clifferty, and Cliffordy, which are Anglicized forms of Mac Raibheartaigh (compare Rafferty ).
History: A powerful Anglo-Norman family of this name in England and Ireland trace their descent from Walter de Clifford, who took the name from Clifford (Castle) in Herefordshire in the 12th century, after acquiring the Clifford barony by marriage.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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