Edward William Starr

27 February 1817–3 November 1889 (Age 72)
Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States

The Life Summary of Edward William

When Edward William Starr was born on 27 February 1817, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jared Starr, was 26 and his mother, Eunice Burdick, was 23. He married Amanda Ann Deuel Kellogg on 14 October 1841, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He immigrated to Utah, United States in 1850. He died on 3 November 1889, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saint George City Cemetery, St. George, Washington, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward William Starr
1817–1889
Amanda Ann Deuel Kellogg
1824–1872
Marriage: 14 October 1841
Sariah Jane Starr
1844–1905
Angelina Starr
1845–1845
Zebina Starr
1846–1926
Orson Edward Starr
1848–1883
Eunice Ann Starr
1850–1905
Benjamin Franklin Starr
1853–1854
Hettie Starr
1854–1866
Amanda Elizabeth Starr
1855–1909
Lora Ann Amelia Starr
1858–1924
William Albert Starr
1862–1862
Charles Willis Starr
1864–1865

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    14 October 1841Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States
    • Children

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (9)

    +4 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 2
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 
    1825
    Age 8
    Historical Boundaries: 1825: Pike, Illinois, United States 1825: Adams, Illinois, United States
    1836 · Remember the Alamo
    Age 19
    Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

    Name Meaning

    English: from Middle English sterre ‘star’ (Old English steorra), used, like the Old Norse Stjarna, as a nickname, but also occasionally as a personal name. The word was also used in a transferred sense of a patch of white hair on the forehead of a horse, and so perhaps the nickname denoted someone with a streak of white hair. This surname has been established in Ireland since the 17th century.English: in addition, the name may occasionally also have been topographic or habitational, referring to a house or inn distinguished by the sign of a star (see 2 above). Surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in English.Jewish (Ashkenazic): variant of Star 1 and 3.

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

    Possible Related Names

    Starrs
    Star

    Sources (76)

    • Edwd W Starr, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Edward Starr, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
    • Edward W. Starr in entry for Amanda Elizebeth Allaman, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"

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