Brief Life History of Charles Leonard
When Charles Leonard Edman was born on 1 November 1884, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, John Nichols Edman, was 24 and his mother, Mary Sophia Petersen, was 29. He married Ragna Aurelia Mathiesen on 9 September 1908, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He immigrated to Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States in 1906 and lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years. He died on 22 April 1969, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Charles Leonard Edman, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Charles L. Edman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Charles Leonard Edman, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: Scandinavian Erik, Swen, Thor.
English (Lincolnshire): from the Middle English personal name Ed(e)man, occasionally Ad(e)man (Old English Ēadmann, from ēad ‘prosperity’ + mann ‘man’). Alternatively, a variant of Edmond . In Middle English, Edmund (also occasionally found as Admund) was probably sometimes confused with Edman and Adman, and the resulting surnames were almost certainly interchangeable in post-medieval times.
Swedish: ornamental name composed of the elements ed ‘isthmus’ + man ‘man’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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