Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Welsh was born on 30 April 1818, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert Welsh, was 32 and her mother, Mary Guthrie, was 29. She married Peter Booth Garrett on 16 February 1832, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Illinois, United States in 1870 and Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died in 1903, at the age of 85.
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- Elizabeth Garrett in household of Alvin A Garrett, "United States Census, 1900"
- Elizabeth Welsh, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Welsh - death: 13 November 1903; Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States
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World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1819 · State Capital moves to Vandalia
Vandalia was founded in 1819 as a new capital because Kaskaskia was under the threat of floods. The history of the name Vandalia is uncertain. Under the law which Vandalia was founded states that the title of capital would not be moved from there for twenty years. Even though it was the capital it was never the most populous area in Illinois.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English, and Irish: ethnic name from Middle English welshe (Old English wēalisc, wēlisc) ‘foreign, Welsh’, for someone from Wales or a speaker of the Welsh language. Compare Walsh and Wallace .
Americanized form of German Welsch .
Americanized form of Ukrainian and Jewish (from Ukraine) Voloshin or its Polish variant Wołoszyn (see Woloszyn ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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