Brief Life History of Eliza Ellen
When Eliza Ellen Owens was born on 7 February 1833, in Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky, United States, her father, William H Owings, was 23 and her mother, Esther Hannah Johnson, was 25. She married Joseph A. Johnson in March 1850, in Sullivan, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Decatur, Iowa, United States in 1880 and Sullivan, Sullivan, Indiana, United States in 1910. She died on 19 February 1918, in Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Leon, Decatur, Iowa, United States.
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- Liza Johnson in household of Joseph Johnson, "United States Census, 1870"
- Eliza Owens, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
- Eliza E Johnson, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1842
Historical Boundaries: 1842: Sullivan, Indiana, United States
1856 · The Town of Santa Claus
The town of Santa Fe was denied their application for a United States Postal Service as a town of Santa Fe, Indiana, was already established. Several meetings were held and the name was changed to Santa Claus, Indiana. The United States Postal Service granted their application. Due to the name, the post office in Santa Claus continues to receive thousands of letters to Santa Claus from children around the world each December.
Name Meaning
Welsh: variant of Owen , with post-medieval excrescent English -s.
Irish: adopted as an Anglicized form by bearers of the Gaelic surname Mac Eoghain (see McEwen ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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