Eliza Lydia Marsh

15 February 1855–23 September 1915 (Age 60)
Lake, Illinois, United States

The Life of Eliza Lydia

When Eliza Lydia Marsh was born on 15 February 1855, in Lake, Illinois, United States, her father, George Marsh, was 42 and her mother, Charlotte Page, was 33. She married Marion Douglas on 18 January 1874, in Webster, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Webster, Iowa, United States in 1902 and Lehigh, Webster, Iowa, United States in 1904. She died on 23 September 1915, in Galveston, Galveston, Texas, United States, at the age of 60, and was buried in Otho, Webster, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marion Douglas
1850–1911
Eliza Lydia Marsh
1855–1915
Marriage: 18 January 1874
Floyd Marion Douglas
1876–1929
Collie Newton Douglas
1880–1964
Frances Gay Douglas
1892–1990

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
18 January 1874
Webster, Iowa, United States
children

(3)

Parents and Siblings

siblings

(13)

    Frances Elizabeth Marsh

    Female1842–1922Female

    George W Marsh

    Male1844–1907Male

    John Marsh

    Male1846–1930Male

    James Marsh

    Male1848–1931Male

    Caroline M Marsh

    Female1849–1918Female

+8 More Children

World Events (8)

1856 · The Largest Map Company in the World

Age 1

William Rand opened a small printing shop in Chicago. Doing most of the work himself for the first two years he decided to hire some help. Rand Hired Andrew McNally, an Irish Immigrant, to work in his shop. After doing business with the Chicago Tribune, Rand and McNally were hired to run the Tribune's entire printing operation. Years later, Rand and McNally established Rand McNally & Co after purchasing the Tribune's printing business. They focused mainly on printing tickets, complete railroad guides and timetables for the booming railroad industry around the city. What made the company successful was the detailed maps of roadways, along with directions to certain places. Rand McNally was the first major map publisher to embrace a system of numbered highways and erected many of the roadside highway signs that have been adopted by state and federal highway authorities. The company is still making and updating the world maps that are looked at every day.
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States

Age 6

On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
1871

Age 16

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mershe (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places named with this word, for example in Shropshire and Sussex.

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

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Lidda Douglas in household of Marion Douglas, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Eliza Marsh in household of Geo Marsh, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Eliza Marsh in household of John Marsh, "United States Census, 1860"

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