Brief Life History of Pearl Elizabeth
When Pearl Elizabeth Gross was born on 3 March 1895, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Edwin Gilbert Gross, was 27 and her mother, Marie Emerick, was 23. She married Albert Goulbourne Edwards on 24 December 1917, in Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Ambridge, Beaver, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910 and Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States in 1930. She died on 15 June 1944, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 49.
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Sources (10)
- Pearl E Edwards in household of Albert G Edwards, "United States Census, 1930"
- Pearl Elizabeth Edwards, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
- Pearle E. Goss, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
Spouse and Children
1896–1972 Male
1895–1944 Female
Children (1)
1921–2003 Female
Parents and Siblings
1867–1955 Male
1871–1941 Female
Siblings (3)
1890–1892 Male
1892–1983 Male
1895–1944 Female
World Events (8)
1903 · Ford Motor Company
Age 8
1905 · The Movie Theater
Age 10
1909 · The NAACP is formed
Age 14
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a big man, from Middle High German grōz ‘large, corpulent’, German gross. This surname is also established in some other parts of Europe, most notably in France (Alsace and Lorraine). In Poland, Czechia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Croatia it is also found (in Slovenia almost exclusively) in the Slavicized form Gros (see also 3 below). The Jewish name has been Hebraicized as Gadol .
English: descriptive nickname for a big man, from Middle English gros, grosse, groce ’large; heavy’, also meaning ‘simple, plain’, from Old French gros ‘big, fat’ (from Latin grossus ‘thick’), a word of ancient Germanic origin, thus etymologically the same word as in 1 above.
Germanized or Americanized form of Slovenian, Polish, Croatian or other Slavic Gros , itself of German origin (see 1 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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