Elizabeth Evans

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Evans was born on 3 December 1803, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Samuel Evans, was 45 and her mother, Frances Lowrey, was 28. She married Jacobus Jan Hoogerwerff on 20 February 1823, in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 December 1881, at the age of 77.

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Family Time Line

Jacobus Jan Hoogerwerff
1787–1842
Elizabeth Evans
1803–1881
Marriage: 20 February 1823
John Adreon Hoogyworff
1824–
Samuel Evans Hoogerwerff
1827–1911
Sophia Hoogerwerff
1834–1861
Francis Evans Hoogerwerff
1840–1920

Sources (7)

  • Elizh Hoogerworff, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Evans - Published information: birth:
  • <Unknown> in entry for Samuel Evans Hoogerreff, "District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961"

World Events (8)

1804

Lewis and Clark set out from St. Louis, MO to explore the West.

1812 · Harrisburg Becomes the State Capital

Harrisburg had important parts with migration, the Civil War, and the Industrial Revolution. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

Name Meaning

Welsh: derivative of Evan , from Efan, Ifan, medieval forms of Ieuan (from Latin Johannes, the source of English John), dating from c. 1500, with the post-medieval patronymic suffix -s. Welsh Sion was a separate borrowing of English John, and Evan (Ieuan) and Sion developed as independent names.

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

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