Martha Elizabeth Weaver

Brief Life History of Martha Elizabeth

When Martha Elizabeth Weaver was born in 1845, in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States, her father, Andrew W. Weaver, was 23 and her mother, Malinda Weaver, was 20. She married Sylvester Darnell on 8 December 1872, in Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Grayson, Virginia, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1877, at the age of 32.

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Family Time Line

Sylvester Darnell
1849–1925
Martha Elizabeth Weaver
1845–1877
Marriage: 8 December 1872
Johnson Avery Darnell
1874–1962
Sarah Naomi Darnell
1875–1951
Martha Marilda Darnell
1877–1924
Thomas Ancil Darnell
1913–1935

Sources (15)

  • Martha Warner in household of Andrew Warner, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Martha Darnall, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • Martha Weaver, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (7)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847 · Hollywood Cemetery Established

Hollywood Cemetery was established in 1847 in Richmond Virginia. This is where Presidents James Monroe and John Tyler are buried. During the Civil War it became the largest military interments and a large section dedicated to military burials. Jefferson Davis a well known Confederate is also buried here. Many other notable people are also buried here.

1861 · The Battle of Manassas

The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run. 

Name Meaning

English: occupational name, from an agent derivative of Middle English weven ‘to weave’ (Old English wefan).

English: habitational name from a place on the Weaver river in Cheshire, now called Weaver Hall but recorded simply as Weuere in the 13th and 14th centuries. The river name is from Old English wēfer(e) ‘winding stream’.

Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘weaver’, for example German Weber , Polish and Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) Tkacz or Tkach , Hungarian Takács (see Takacs ), and Slovenian Tkalec, Tekavec or Veber .

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

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