Brief Life History of Edward Erwin
When Edward Erwin Edwards was born on 10 May 1834, in Mantua, Portage, Ohio, United States, his father, Elisha Edwards, was 27 and his mother, Mariah Elizabeth Duzette, was 19. He lived in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 23 September 1855, in Emery, Utah, United States, at the age of 21, and was buried in La Sal, San Juan, Utah, United States.
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- Edward Edwards, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Edward Erwin Edwards - birth: 10 May 1834; Mantua, Portage, Ohio, United States
- Legacy NFS Source: Edward Erwin Edwards - death: 23 September 1855; Moab, Emery, Utah, United States
World Events (6)
1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Welsh: variant of Edward , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
History: One of the earliest American bearers of this very common English surname was William Edwards, the son of Rev. Richard Edwards, a London clergyman in the age of Elizabeth I, who came to New England c. 1640. His descendant Jonathan (1703–58), of East Windsor, CT, was a prominent Congregational clergyman whose New England theology led to the first Great Awakening, a great religious revival.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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