Brief Life History of Eliza Lydia
When Eliza Lydia Marsh was born on 15 February 1855, in Lake, Illinois, United States, her father, George Marsh, was 39 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
Sources (15)
- Lida Marsh in entry for Coll Newton Douglas, "Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1850-1939"
- Lyde Doglass in household of Marion Doglass, "United States Census, 1900"
- Lidda Douglas in household of Marion Douglas, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1850–1911 Male
1855–1915 Female
Children (3)
1876–1929 Male
1880–1964 Male
1892–1990 Female
Parents and Siblings
1815–1904 Male
1822–1898 Female
Siblings (15)
1842–1922 Female
1844–1907 Male
1846–1930 Male
1848–1931 Male
1849–1918 Female
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World Events (8)
1861 · Texas Secedes from the United States
Age 6
1865
Age 10
1871
Age 16
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived by or in a marsh or fen, Middle English mersch (Old English mersc), or a habitational name from any of various minor places called with this word, for example in Yorkshire, Shropshire and Buckinghamshire.
Americanized form of German Marsch .
Americanized form of Slovenian Marš: unexplained. Compare Mars 7.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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