Elizabeth Fletcher

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Fletcher was born on 6 August 1863, in Illinois, United States, her father, Jasper Fletcher, was 37 and her mother, Mary Ann Limb, was 35. She had at least 1 son with John Brokenhorn. She lived in Headon, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861 and Wind River Indian Reservation, Fremont, Wyoming, United States in 1900. She died on 31 May 1928, in Wyoming, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Saint Stephens, Fremont, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Brokenhorn
1850–1930
Elizabeth Fletcher
1863–1928
Walker Horn
1897–1909

Sources (5)

  • Kills To Time in household of Broken Horn, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Killing Horn, "United States, Native American Birth and Death Records, 1885-1940"
  • Elizabeth Fletcher Broken Horn, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for an arrowsmith, from Middle English fleccher, Old French flechier, flecher ‘fletcher’, for someone who made or sold arrows for bows. This surname has sometimes been confused with Flesher .

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

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