Brief Life History of Ezra Fielding
When Ezra Fielding Edman was born on 20 April 1887, in Salem, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, John Nichols Edman, was 27 and his mother, Mary Sophia Petersen, was 32. He married Maud Ann Dickerson on 22 June 1921, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He lived in Salem Election Precinct, Utah, Utah, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 31 October 1959, in Mountain View Hospital, Payson, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Salem City Cemetery, Salem, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Ezra F Edman in household of John W Edman, "United States Census, 1910"
- Ezra Fielding Edman, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Ezra Fielding Edman, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1890
Death by suicide of van Gogh.
1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
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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