Edward Maddocks Claridge

Male14 May 1882–23 May 1952

Brief Life History of Edward Maddocks

When Edward Maddocks Claridge was born on 14 May 1882, in Orderville, Kane, Utah, United States, his father, Samuel Claridge, was 53 and his mother, Rebecca Hughes, was 34. He married Luella Williams Layton on 3 September 1903. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in World in 1930 and Supervisorial District 1, Graham, Arizona, United States for about 5 years. He died on 23 May 1952, in Safford, Graham, Arizona, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Thatcher Cemetery, Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Maddocks Claridge
1882–1952
Lillian Williams Layton
1885–1964
Marriage: 3 September 1903
Luella Claridge
1904–1905
Samuel Linton Claridge
1906–1998
Ethna Claridge
1908–2002
Vance Layton Claridge
1912–1914
Trilba Claridge
1914–2009
Genevieve Claridge
1916–1984
Alf Bernard Claridge
1919–1990

Sources (52)

  • E M Claridge in entry for Claridge, "Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930"
  • Edward Maddock Claridge, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • E M Claridge in entry for Charles Philip Gould and Genevieve Claridge, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    3 September 1903Thatcher, Graham, Arizona, United States
  • Children (7)

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    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (15)

    +10 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1886

    Age 4

    Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

    1892

    Age 10

    Coolgardie gold-field is discovered.

    1901

    Age 19

    First Federal election.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from Clearhedge Wood in Sussex, which is probably named with Old English clǣfre ‘clover’ + hrycg ‘ridge’.

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

    Story Highlight

    Mission (written by Edward M. Claridge)

    My father talked continuously about a mission and had managed to get the bishop to call me on a mission by a letter from headquarters in Salt Lake City. This was the letter from "Box B". This …

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