Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Spence was born on 6 June 1833, in Saint George in the East, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Spence, was 31 and her mother, Marjorie Lisk, was 22. She married Charles Brewer on 28 October 1855, in Whitechapel, London, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to New York County, New York, United States in 1868 and lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Pleasant Grove, Utah, Utah, United States in 1880. She died on 18 May 1901, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Elizabella Ash in household of Joseph W Ash, "United States Census, 1880"
- London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920
- Elizabeth Spence, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1855
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1841
EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Josiah Nelson BIRTH 1841 Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA DEATH 1841 (aged less–than 1 year) Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA BURIAL Ogden City Cemetery Ogden, Weber County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 240526232 · View Source
1854 · The Crimean War
The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: nickname for a servant employed in the pantry of a great house or monastery, from Middle English spense, spence ‘pantry, larder, storeroom’ (Old French despense, from a Late Latin derivative of dispendere, past participle dispensus ‘to weigh out or dispense’). Compare Spencer .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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