Brief Life History of Elsie Lavina
When Elsie Lavina Lake was born in May 1880, in Macomb, St. Lawrence, New York, United States, her father, John Winfield Lake, was 25 and her mother, Lucinda Rhoda Markwick, was 22. She married William R Camidge on 7 April 1909, in Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died in 1949, in Antwerp, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Antwerp, Antwerp, Jefferson, New York, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (13)
- Elsie Camidge in household of William R Camidge, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elsie L Lake, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
- Elisa Lake in entry for Edward Jarvis, "New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936"
Spouse and Children
1871–1948 Male
1880–1949 Female
Children (1)
1896–1952 Female
Parents and Siblings
1854–1914 Male
1858–1919 Female
Siblings (2)
1880–1949 Female
1881–1943 Female
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 1
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 2
1900 · Gold for Cash!
Age 20
Name Meaning
English (mainly West Country): topographic name usually for someone who lived by a streamlet (Middle English lak(e), Old English lacu) or who lived at or came from any of the places so named, such as Lack in Church Stoke (Shropshire) and Lake in Wilsford near Amesbury (Wiltshire). Lake is a common minor placename in Devon.
English: occasionally perhaps a topographic name for someone who lived by a lake or pool (Middle English, Old French lake), though it is uncertain that this word was current in ordinary vocabulary during the main period of surname formation (1250–1400).
North German and Dutch: habitational name from any of several places in Westphalia and Lower Saxony so named, or a topographic name from Middle Low German, Middle Dutch lake ‘swamp, swampy meadow’ (Middle Dutch also ‘border water’).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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