Brief Life History of Elizabeth Street
When Elizabeth Street Ivers was born about 7 May 1838, in Iowa, United States, her father, Robert Haines Ivers, was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Clark Delaschmutt, was 30. She married Sherman Blanchard on 13 June 1859, in Prairie du Chien, Crawford, Wisconsin, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Grand Meadow Township, Clayton, Iowa, United States in 1856 and Post Township, Allamakee, Iowa, United States for about 15 years. She died on 10 January 1908, in Postville, Allamakee, Iowa, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Postville, Allamakee, Iowa, United States.
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Sources (33)
- Elizabeth S Blauchar, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
- Elizabeth Street Ivers Blanchard, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elizabeth Ivers in entry for George S Blanchard, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
Spouse and Children
1834–1880 Male
1838–1908 Female
Children (8)
1860–1920 Male
1863–1925 Female
1866–1910 Female
1868–1934 Male
1871–1931 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1806–1850 Male
1807–1875 Female
Siblings (7)
1827–1912 Female
1832–1888 Male
1833–1911 Male
1835–1910 Female
1838–1908 Female
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 8
1849
Age 11
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
Age 19
Name Meaning
Irish: from Ó hÍomhair, ‘descendant of Íomhar’, a Gaelic form of the Old Norse personal name Ívarr (see Iverson 2), with excrescent English -s. It is occasionally Anglicized as Howard . Also a shortened form of Mac Íomhair ‘son of Íomhar’, with excrescent English -s. See McIver .
North German: patronymic from the personal name Ivar (see Iversen ).
English: variant of Iver, with post-medieval excrescent -s, a habitational name from Iver (Buckinghamshire) named from Old English ȳfre ‘edge or brow of a hill, tip of a promontory’, or from a minor place called with the same word.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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