Edward Christian Eyring

Brief Life History of Edward Christian

When Edward Christian Eyring was born on 27 May 1868, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, his father, Heinrich Carlos Ferdinand Eyring, was 33 and his mother, Maria Bommeli, was 37. He married Caroline Cottam Romney on 11 October 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Supervisorial District 2, Graham, Arizona, United States in 1940 and Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States for about 10 years. In 1880, at the age of 12, his occupation is listed as attending school. He died on 13 April 1957, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Pima Cemetery, Pima, Graham, Arizona, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edward Christian Eyring
1868–1957
Emma Romney
1884–1957
Marriage: 3 November 1903
Miles Eyring
1904–1904
Anthony Ivins Eyring
1905–1989
Ruth Eyring
1908–2003
Isabel Eyring
1909–1975
Maurine Eyring
1912–2007
Ethel Eyring
1916–2009
Jeneveve Eyring
1917–2016
Leroy Eyring
1919–2005
Margaret Eyring
1922–1926

Sources (110)

  • Edward C Eyring, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • Chihuahua, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1947
  • Edward C. Eyring, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1876

Historical Boundaries 1876: Yavapai, Arizona Territory, United States 1879: Apache, Arizona Territory, United States 1895: Navajo, Arizona Territory, United States 1912: Navajo, Arizona, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

German: from an ancient Germanic personal name Iring, of uncertain etymology. Compare Ihrig .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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For a guy who ate and breathed chemistry almost constantly, he had some delightful human qualities. He enjoyed telling his descendants about his own childhood in Colonia Juarez, Mexico riding h …

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