Elizabeth "Betsy" Candace Ellis

Brief Life History of Elizabeth "Betsy" Candace

Elizabeth "Betsy" Candace Ellis was born on 20 November 1830, in St. Lawrence, New York, United States as the daughter of Ellis and Ellis. She married Martin Flowers Allen on 12 November 1848, in Russell, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Russell, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1850 and Harmony, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1898, in Jefferson, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Viroqua Cemetery, Viroqua, Vernon, Wisconsin, United States.

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Family Time Line

Martin Flowers Allen
1820–1900
Elizabeth "Betsy" Candace Ellis
1830–1898
Marriage: 12 November 1848
Charles H Allen
1849–1868
Elisha Allen
1857–
Julia Eliza Allen
1851–1930
Emery E Allen
1854–
Elisha Martin Allen
1855–1908
James Madison Allen
1858–1932
George Washington Allen
1860–1946
Harriet Candace Allen
1868–
Henry Jackson Allen
1871–1939

Sources (13)

  • Betsey Allin in household of Martin Allin, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Betsey C. Ellis Allen, "Wisconsin, Death Records, 1867-1907"
  • Betsy Ellis in entry for Julia Baker, "Louisiana Deaths, 1850-1875, 1894-1960"

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World Events (8)

1832 · The Black Hawk War

Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.

1836

The Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin - Sept 3, 1836 Treaty Treaty of the Cedars was concluded on the Fox River on September 3, 1836. The Menominee Nation ceded nearly 4 million acres of land for the following items every year for twenty years: $3,000 worth of food provisions, 2,000 lbs. of tobacco, 30 barrels of salt, agricultural supplies, and $500 per year. (Wisconsin Historical Society)

1851

Historical Boundaries: 1851: Bad Ax, Wisconsin, United States 1862: Vernon, Wisconsin, United States

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Elis, an Old French vernacular form of Elias, the Latin and New Testament Greek form of Hebrew Eliyahu; see Elijah and compare Elias , Lias , Ely .

English: possibly in some instances from the Middle English female personal name Elice, a pet form of Elizabeth .

Welsh: from Elis, a shortened form of the Welsh personal name Elisse (earlier Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly, benevolent’). As usual in Welsh, the stress in Elisse is on the penultimate syllable -li-, which shifts to initial El- when the name is shortened to Elis. It later became confused with Ellis in 1 above.

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

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