Brief Life History of Leah Eudora
When Leah Eudora Widtsoe was born on 4 July 1912, her father, John Andreas Widtsoe, was 40 and her mother, Leah Eudora Dunford, was 38. She married George Homer Durham on 20 June 1936, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. She died on 6 March 1995, at the age of 82.
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- Eudora W Durham, "United States 1950 Census"
- Leah Eudora Widtsoe, "Utah, Birth Certificates, 1903-1914"
- Leah Eudora Widtsoe, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
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Name Meaning
Biblical name (meaning ‘languid’ in Hebrew), borne by the elder sister of Rachel (Genesis 29:23). Jacob served her father Laban for seven years in return for the hand of Rachel, but was deceived into marrying Leah first. He was then given Rachel as well, but had to labour seven more years afterwards. For a long time the name was mainly Jewish, although it also enjoyed some favour among the Puritans in the 16th century. It was taken up again in the 1980s and has been widely popular since the 1990s.
Dictionary of First Names © Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges 1990, 2003, 2006.
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Leah Eudora Widtsoe
She had red hair. She would always give us a kiss on our head. I loved playing in her apartment that overlooked Salt Lake City.
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