Meanings
- A female given name of rare usage.
Kimberly Johnson, daughter of Edwardia Reed Johnson, Grimsley High School
1990 April 15, “Sorority to present 26 young women in Jabberwock Pageant”, in Greensboro News & Record, volume 100, number 105, Greensboro, N.C., →ISSN, →OCLC, “People & Places” section, page 2, column 33 more examples
Here lies the body of Miss Edwardia Wood, / Tiger-tamer to the Leicester Liberal Party, / Who performed many daring feats / Of political bravado / In the Socialist Menagerie, / but was swallowed by / Mac, / (An untamed tiger from the I.L.P. jungle), / And, ceasing to have any separate political existence, became / A mere inside passenger, / Her end was pieces.
1909 December 11, Filibuster [pseudonym], “Miss Edwardia Wood and Mac the Tiger”, in The Hinckley Times and Bosworth Herald, number 1068, Hinckley, Leicestershire, →OCLC, page [5], column 1Miss Edwardia Collins has returned to her home in Waynesboro after having spent the week-end with Miss Lou McIvor in this place.
1920 February 26, “[News of a Personal Nature] Newville”, in Carlisle Evening Herald, 183rd year, number 171, Carlisle, Pa., →OCLC, page 5, column 2Others of importance who are in attendance at the meetings are […] Miss Edwardia Clingan, a missionary, formerly located in the Ozark area.
1932 April 29, “Presbyterian Women Meeting in Centerview”, in The Star-Journal, rural edition, volume XX, Warrensburg, Mo., →OCLC, front page, column 3
Origin
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