Elizabeth Truby

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Truby was born in 1787, in Virginia, United States, her father, John Christopher Truby, was 22 and her mother, Eve, was 28. She married John Corder McNamar on 19 December 1805, in Xenia, Greene, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Morgan Township, Owen, Indiana, United States in 1850. She died in May 1859, in Saint Francisville, Clark, Missouri, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Saint Francisville, Clark, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Corder McNamar
1779–1846
Elizabeth Truby
1787–1859
Marriage: 19 December 1805
Elizabeth McNamar
1809–after 1850
Catherine McNamar
1809–
Eve McNamar
1812–1901
John N McNamar
1814–1868
H. N. Mc Namer
1814–
O'Brian McNamar
1816–1870
Mary McNamar
1818–1870
Margaret McNamar
1820–1858
Daniel Boone McNamar
1823–1901
Isaac David McNamar
1828–1870

Sources (7)

  • Elizabeth Mcnamer in household of O Brain Mcnamer, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Elizabeth Truby, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • Clark. Probate Records 1857–1867

World Events (8)

1787 · The Making of the U.S. Constitution.

The Philadelphia Convention was intended to be the first meeting to establish the first system of government under the Articles of Confederation. From this Convention, the Constitution of the United States was made and then put into place making it one of the major events in all American History.

1788 · Becomes the 10th state

On June 25, 1788 Virginia became the 10th state. 

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

Name Meaning

English (Middlesex and Oxfordshire): probably a shortened form of Truebody, a nickname from Middle English treu(e), trew(e), trow(e), tru(e) ‘faithful, loyal’ (Old English trēow) + bod(d)i ‘body, person’ (Old English bodig). Compare Trueman , Trueblood .

South German (Trüby): probably a nickname from Middle High German trüebe ‘dark, sad, troubled’.

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

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