Brief Life History of Edward
When Edward L'Heureux was born on 25 November 1897, in Montana, United States, his father, Pierre Joseph L'Heureux, was 40 and his mother, Emilie Les Mayou, was 26. He lived in Filer, Twin Falls, Idaho, United States in 1910. He died on 19 November 1961, in Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima, Washington, United States.
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- Edward L'Heureax, "United States 1950 Census"
- Legacy NFS Source: EDWARD L'HEUREUX - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: EDWARD L'HEUREUX
- Edward Lheureux, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
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World Events (8)
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
1902 · Montana Capital Building Completed
Construction started on the Montana state capital in 1899. In 1902 the capital was completed.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Jacques, Marcel, Pierre, Raoul, Andre, Armand, Emile, Orille, Adrien, Aime, Alcide.
Altered form (also L'Heureux, especially in Canada) of French Lereau, itself probably a variant of 2 below or of Lhérault (see Lherault 2), found mainly in Eure-et-Loir. Compare Happy and Lherault 1.
French: nickname for someone who was characteristically happy, successful or lucky, Old French heureux, with fused definite article l'.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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