Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Bacon was born on 1 August 1858, in Hasland, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Bacon, was 27 and her mother, Hannah Coates, was 22. She married Elijah Mottishaw on 31 December 1876, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She lived in Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. She died in 1880, in England, United Kingdom, at the age of 22.
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- Elizabeth Balon in household of John Balon, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Elizabeth Bacon in entry for Sarah N Mattishaw Burnside, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"
- Elizabeth Bacon in household of John Bacon, "England and Wales Census, 1871"
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1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin) and French: from the Norman French personal name Bacun, derived from the ancient Germanic name Bac(c)o, Bahho, based on the element bag ‘(to) fight, (to) dispute’. The name was relatively common among the Normans in the form Bacus, of which the oblique case was Bacon.
English and French: from Middle English, Old French bacun, bacon ‘bacon’ (a word of ancient Germanic origin, akin to Back 3), probably a metonymic occupational name for a preparer and seller of cured pork.
History: Gilles Bacon from Normandy, France, is documented in Quebec City, QC, in 1647. — Michael Bacon from England arrived in Dedham, MA, in 1640. Nathanial Bacon, from Stratton, Cornwall, arrived in Barnstaple, MA, in 1639. Another Nathaniel Bacon (1647–76), from Friston Hall, Suffolk, emigrated to VA and settled at Curl's Neck on the James river.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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