Elizabeth JORDAN

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth JORDAN was born about 1824, in North Carolina, United States, her father, James C. Jordan, was 51 and her mother, Martha Ballard, was 46. She died after 1924, in United States.

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Family Time Line

James C. Jordan
1775–1855
Martha Ballard
1779–1855
Josiah Garland Jordan
1798–1875
Joseph Jordan
1810–1882
Burrell JORDAN
1823–
Elizabeth JORDAN
1824–1924
William B. Jordan
1800–1847
Penelope Jordan
1801–
Julia Matilda Jordan
1805–1857
Leander Jordan
1810–1847
George Jordan
1816–1880
Lindsey Jordan
1816–1917
James Andrew Jordan
1816–
Martha Patsy Jordan
1817–1864
Washington Jordon
1822–
Jehu JORDAN
1836–
David J JORDAN
1842–

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    World Events (8)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1830 · Trail of Tears

    In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.

    1853 · First State Fair

    The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.

    Name Meaning

    English, German, French (mainly Alsace and Haute-Savoie), Polish, Czech, and Slovenian; Spanish and Hungarian (Jordán): from the Christian personal name or nickname Jordan. This is taken from the name of the river Jordan (Hebrew Yarden, a derivative of yarad ‘to go down’, i.e. to the Dead Sea). At the time of the Crusades it was a common practice for crusaders and pilgrims to bring back flasks of water from the river in which John the Baptist had baptized people, including Christ himself, and to use it in the christening of their own children. As a result Jordan became quite a common personal name.

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

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