Brief Life History of Beatrice Elma
When Beatrice Elma Sedgwick was born in December 1905, in Ontario, Canada, her father, Charles Sedgwick, was 57 and her mother, Eliza Jane Whattam, was 34. She married Willard Ewart Foster on 27 January 1928, in Onondaga, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She immigrated to Vermont, United States in 1924 and lived in Lennox, Upper Canada, British Colonial America in 1911 and Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States for about 20 years. She died on 10 June 1984, at the age of 78, and was buried in DeWitt, Onondaga, New York, United States.
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Sources (12)
- Beatrice E Foster, "United States 1950 Census"
- Beatrice E Sedgwick, "Ontario Births, 1869-1910"
- Beatrice Elma Sedgwick, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
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World Events (8)
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
1906 · Hydro-Electric of Ontario
Ontario Hydro was established in 1906. It is the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario.
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
Name Meaning
English (Yorkshire and Lancashire):
habitational name from Sedgwick (Westmorland), which derives its name from an Old English personal name, Sicg + Old English wīc ‘outlying farm or dairy farm’.
less likely source of the surname is Sedgwick in Nuthurst (Sussex), which is most probably derived from Old English secg ‘sedge’ + wīc ‘outlying farm or dairy farm’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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