Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Welsh was born on 30 April 1818, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, her father, Robert Welch, 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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Family Time Line
Sources (17)
- 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
Spouse and Children
1809–1865 Male
1818–1903 Female
Children (11)
1833–1909 Male
1835–1923 Female
1837–1931 Male
1838–1862 Male
1840–1879 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1786–1869 Male
1789–1865 Female
Siblings (12)
1811–1896 Male
1815–1845 Male
1816–1903 Female
1818–1903 Female
1820–1909 Male
+7 More Children
World Events (8)
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 1
1819 · State Capital moves to Vandalia
Age 1
1846
Age 28
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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