Eliza Jane Guiney

Brief Life History of Eliza Jane

When Eliza Jane Guiney was born on 7 April 1832, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Guinea Guiney, was 26 and her mother, Catherine Channell, was 28. She married James Nelms about 1861, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Caln Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Coatesville, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. She died on 9 March 1912, in Chester, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Glenmoore, Wallace Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Nelms
1825–1880
Eliza Jane Guiney
1832–1912
Marriage: about 1861
William Oliver Nelms
1862–1936
David Howard Nelms
1870–1956

Sources (7)

  • Eliza J Guinea in household of S Jones, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Mrs. Eliza J. Nelms, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Eliza Jane Guiney Nelms, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1848

Historical Boundaries: 1848: West Nantmeal Township , Chester, Pennsylvania, United States 1852: Wallace Township, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: Irish Siobhan.

Irish (Cork and Down): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Géibheannaigh, ‘son of Géibheannach’, from géibheannach ‘fettered’. See also Keaveny . In counties Kerry and Cork the name may possibly be a corruption of Ó Géibheannaigh.

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

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