Brief Life History of Martha Ella
When Martha Ella Braden was born on 31 March 1893, in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Robert Hogg Braden, was 38 and her mother, Lida E Barnes, was 37. She married Russell Boyd Hughes on 17 March 1920, in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 6 July 1970, in Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Franklin Pioneer Cemetery, Franklin, Venango, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Martha Hughes in household of Russel B Hughes, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Martha Ella Braden - Published information: birth-name: Martha Ella Braden
- Martha Ella Braden Hughes, "Find A Grave Index"
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Name Meaning
Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Bradáin ‘descendant of Bradán’, a personal name meaning ‘salmon’. The Gaelic name was sometimes translated into English as Salmon or Fisher .
English: perhaps a habitational name from Broadham, in Singleton (Sussex), named with Old English brād ‘broad’ + hamm ‘water meadow’.
English: alternatively, it may be from Braydon Forest in Wiltshire, recorded as Braden(e), Braddene, Braddon, Breden, and Bredon in the medieval period.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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