Brief Life History of Edith H.
When Edith H. Head was born on 5 September 1882, in Cambridge, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, her father, John James Head, was 28 and her mother, Elizabeth Brown Scott, was 23. She married William Fitz Randolph on 15 June 1922, in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States. She lived in Hochelaga, Quebec, Canada in 1901. She died in 1950, at the age of 68, and was buried in Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, United States.
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Sources (4)
- Edith H Head in household of Elizebeth B. Head, "Canada Census, 1901"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edith H. Head - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Edith H. Head
- Edith Hilton Head Schaefer, "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940"
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1883 · Mining Boom
In 1883, there was a mining boom in Northern Ontario when mineral deposits were found near Sudbury. Thomas Flanagan was the blacksmith for the Canadian Pacific Railway that noticed the deposits in the river.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1900 · Gold for Cash!
This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English heved, hed ‘head’ (Old English hēafod), applied as a nickname for someone with a peculiarity or disproportion of the head, or else used as a topographic name for someone who lived at the top (‘head’) of a promontory or hill, or near the source of a stream or river or the head of a valley. This surname has long been established in Ireland.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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