William Elery Edwards

Male23 January 1930–28 February 2005

Brief Life History of William Elery

When William Elery Edwards was born on 23 January 1930, in Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, United States, his father, George Elery Edwards, was 37 and his mother, Hazel Naomi Geyer, was 33. He lived in Muskingum, Washington, Ohio, United States in 1930 and Perry Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died on 28 February 2005, in Perry, Ohio, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Williams Cemetery, Falls Township, Muskingum, Ohio, United States.

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William Elery Edwards
1930–2005
Janat Blockson

Sources (6)

  • William E Edwards in household of George E Edwards, "United States Census, 1930"
  • William Elery Edwards, "Indiana, Marriages, 1811-1959"
  • William E Edwards, "BillionGraves Index"

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World Events (8)

1931

Age 1

The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

1932

Age 2

Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.

1950

Age 20

United States military forces play a leading role against North Korean and Chinese troops in Korean War.

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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