Emer Elwood Broadbent

Brief Life History of Emer Elwood

When Emer Elwood Broadbent was born on 11 October 1915, in Heber City, Wasatch, Utah, United States, his father, David Albert Broadbent, was 44 and his mother, Mima Melissa Murdock, was 35. He married Fern Ida Huber on 23 December 1937, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in United States in 1949 and Urbana Township, Champaign, Illinois, United States in 1950. In 1950, his occupation is listed as professor of agricultural economics in Champaign, Champaign, Illinois, United States. He died on 22 October 1980, in Urbana, Champaign, Illinois, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Sidney, Champaign, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Emer Elwood Broadbent
1915–1980
Fern Ida Huber
1915–1996
Marriage: 23 December 1937
David N Broadbent
1939–2021
Alan Huber Broadbent
1947–2020
Sue Fern Broadbent
1949–1984
Emer Dean Broadbent
1954–2017

Sources (26)

  • Emee E Broadbent, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Emer Elwood Broadbent, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • Emer E Broadbent, "Utah, World War II Draft Registration Cards,1940-1947"

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1933 · Another World's Fair

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Name Meaning

English (northern): habitational name from a minor place in Lancashire, near Oldham, named Broadbent, from Old English brād ‘broad’ (see Broad ) + beonet ‘bent grass’.

English: occasionally a variant of B roadbelt, from Middle English brod, brad ‘wide, broad’ + belt ‘belt, girdle’, used for a stout man, i.e. someone who wore a ‘broad belt’.

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

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