Emma Fannie Ridge

Brief Life History of Emma Fannie

When Emma Fannie Ridge was born on 18 December 1871, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States, her father, Hiram L. Ridge, was 30 and her mother, Lourena Jones, was 26. She married Minor William Johnson on 23 May 1892, in Davidson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died on 28 September 1919, in Nashville, Davidson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 47.

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Family Time Line

Minor William Johnson
1870–1955
Emma Fannie Ridge
1871–1919
Marriage: 23 May 1892
Carl M Johnson
1894–
George Johnson
1896–
Leon Vernon Johnson
1900–1962
Frank Landel Johnson
1905–1964

Sources (10)

  • Emma F Johnson in household of Minor W Johnson, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Emma Ridge, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • Emma Dorand Johnson, "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966"

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1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English:

topographic name for someone who lived on or by a ridge, Middle English rigge (Old English hrycg) ‘ridge’, or a habitational name from any of the minor places so named. It is synonymous with West Midlands Rudge and northern Rigg . The surname is also fairly common in Ireland, in County Galway, having been taken to Connacht in the early 17th century. The name is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Iomaire; iomaire being modern Irish for ‘ridge’. Compare Attridge .

sometimes perhaps a variant of Rich with voicing of the formerly medial consonant.

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

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