Elijah Lane

2 October 1788–5 September 1862 (Age 73)
Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States

The Life Summary of Elijah

When Elijah Lane was born on 2 October 1788, in Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Samuel Lane, was 29 and his mother, Eunice Scott, was 23. He married Fanny Scott on 29 January 1815, in Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 5 September 1862, in Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Mount Caesar Cemetery, Swanzey, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elijah Lane
1788–1862
Fanny Scott
1787–1871
Marriage: 29 January 1815
Elijah Scott Lane
1814–
Maria P. Lane
1815–
Luther Scott Lane
1817–1883
Elliot W. Lane
1819–1858
Fanny E. Lane
1821–1876
Ebenezer Frink Lane
1824–1908
Eunice F. Lane
1829–1870

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 January 1815Winchester, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States
    • Children

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (7)

    1789
    Age 1
    George Washington elected first president of United States.
    1789 · The United States Constitution
    Age 1
    Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.
    1808
    Age 20
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    Name Meaning

    English: topographic name for someone who lived in a lane, from Middle English, Old English lane, originally a narrow way between fences or hedges, later used to denote any narrow pathway, including one between houses in a town.Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Laighin ‘descendant of Laighean’, a byname meaning ‘spear or javelin’.Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of Luan’, a byname meaning ‘warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan. See also Lamb .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Lene
    Loan
    Leen
    Looney
    Layne
    Lones
    Lanes
    Lamb
    Lain
    Lone

    Sources (39)

    • Elijah Lane in entry for Maria P Lane, "New Hampshire Birth Records, Early to 1900"
    • Elijah Lane in household of Luther Lane, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Elijah Lane, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

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