Brief Life History of James Edward
When James Edward Herrick was born on 25 October 1930, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, his father, Leroy Edwin Herrick, was 26 and his mother, Elizabeth Aylward, was 29. He married Ann Marie Whelton on 28 July 1951, in Cook, Illinois, United States. He died in October 2005, in Geneva, Kane, Illinois, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Geneva Township, Kane, Illinois, United States.
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- James E Herrick, "United States 1950 Census"
- James Edward, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
- James E Herrick, "Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920"
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1931
The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.
1933 · A Century of Progress World's Fair
The city of Chicago was presented another chance to host a World's Fair. It was to commemorate the 100 years of the City's existence.
1950
United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.
Name Meaning
English: from the Old Norse personal name Eiríkr, Old Danish, Old Swedish Erik, itself from Proto-Scandinavian ain- ‘one, select’ + rík- ‘rule(r)’ + prosthetic H-.
Irish (Cork): Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó hEirc ‘descendant of Erc’, a personal name meaning ‘speckled, dark red’ or ‘salmon’, and borne by a Christian saint. In Munster and Ulster this name has been changed to Harkin .
History: The English poet Robert Herrick (1591–1674) was the son of a wealthy London goldsmith, whose family had a long history in the town of Leicester. DNA analysis suggests that the modern surname is monogenetic, i.e. from a single eponymous bearer. The earliest known bearer of the name in Leicester was John Eirich, recorded as a burgess there in 1211. Leicester was one of the headquarters of the Viking army that conquered and settled the eastern midlands in the late 9th century, leading to the English adoption of many Old Norse personal names, such as Eirikr, as personal names. The initial aspirate is first recorded in the name of Nicholas Heyryke, recorded as a Leicester burgess in 1524.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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