Elizabeth Custer

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Custer was born on 13 March 1806, in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States, her father, John Custer, was 31 and her mother, Susannah Grossnickel, was 31. She married Abraham Newland on 19 May 1824, in Warren, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Hopewell Township, Mercer, Ohio, United States in 1850 and Minerva, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1880. She died in February 1891, in Marshall, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Newland
1800–1881
Elizabeth Custer
1806–1891
Marriage: 19 May 1824
Maria C. Newland
1826–1905
Catherine Newland
1828–
Daniel C Newland
about 1834–
Lydia "Lettie" Ann Newland
1835–1918
Emeline Elizabeth Newland
1839–1918

Sources (12)

  • Eliz Newland in household of Abraham Newland, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth Custer, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Elisabeth Custer in entry for Maria Newland, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810 · Change of capital city

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Köster or Küster ‘sexton’ (see Kuster 1).

Swiss German: variant of Kuster .

English and Scottish (of Norman origin): occupational name from Old French coustier (masculine), coustiere (feminine), for a maker of feather beds or cushions.

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

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