Adelaide Underwood Eldredge

Brief Life History of Adelaide Underwood

When Adelaide Underwood Eldredge was born on 11 July 1877, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, her father, Joshua Eldredge, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Walters Winder, was 21. She married Rufus Kay Hardy on 2 April 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. She died on 11 November 1967, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 90, and was buried in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Rufus Kay Hardy
1878–1945
Adelaide Underwood Eldredge
1877–1967
Marriage: 2 April 1903
Kay Adelaide Hardy
1910–2000

Sources (24)

  • Adelaide Eldredge in household of Thomas C Williams, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Adelaide U. Eldredge, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Adelaide U Hardy, "United States Social Security Death Index"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1887 · New Zealands's First National Park

Tongariro National Park was the sixth national park established in the world and the first in New Zealand. In the center of the park there lies three active volcanic mountains (Ruapehu, Ngauruhoe, and Tongariro). it is home to the famed Tongariro Alpine Crossing day hike and has been recognized as a World Heritage Site for all its natural values.

1901 · Assassination of Mckinley

President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.

Name Meaning

English (London): variant of Eldridge .

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

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