Brief Life History of Elwood Augustus
When Elwood Augustus Reedy was born on 19 April 1884, in Miami Township, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, his father, George V Reedy, was 22 and his mother, Mary Magdalene Gantner, was 20. He married Edna Irene Pontius on 11 December 1902, in Montgomery, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Clearcreek Township, Warren, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Ohio, United States in 1944. He died on 25 October 1944, in Waynesville, Wayne Township, Warren, Ohio, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Springboro, Clearcreek Township, Warren, Ohio, United States.
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Sources (21)
- Elwood Reedy, "United States Census, 1910"
- Edward Reedy, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Elwood Reedy, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
Spouse and Children
1884–1944 Male
1885–1948 Female
Children (4)
1914–1959 Female
1917–1975 Male
1920–1988 Male
1924–1988 Female
Parents and Siblings
1861–1922 Male
1864–1910 Female
Siblings (5)
1884–1944 Male
1887–1975 Female
1889–1955 Female
1890–1911 Female
1895–1993 Female
World Events (8)
1886
Age 2
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 2
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 16
Name Meaning
Scottish: habitational name from Reedie in Airlie (Angus), recorded as villa de Rethyn in 1264, or a place of the same name in Auchtermuchty (Fife), both named with Scottish Gaelic rèidh + -in ‘flat place’.
Irish: from Ó Riada ‘descendant of Riada’, a personal name meaning ‘traveler, rider’.
Irish and Scottish: from Gaelic Mac Riada, see McCready .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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