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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