Brief Life History of Louisa
When Louisa Elford was born on 1 September 1880, in Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, her father, William Elford, was 33 and her mother, Dorothy Reid, was 30. She married Arthur Newhook on 15 September 1915, in Dildo, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She died in 1954, in her hometown, at the age of 74.
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- Lousia Newhook in household of Arthur Newhook, "Newfoundland Census, 1945"
- Louisa Elford, "Newfoundland, Vital Statistics, 1753-1893"
- Louie Newhook in household of Arthur Newhook, "Newfoundland Census, 1935"
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Name Meaning
English: habitational name from Yelverton in Buckland Monachorum (Devon), recorded as Elleford in 1291 (see Yelverton ), named from the Old English personal name Ella or elle, ellen ‘elder tree’ + ford ‘ford’. The name may also derive from any of the places called Elford in Staffordshire and Northumberland, both probably from the Old English personal name Ella + ford.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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