Elizabeth Mariah Welch

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Mariah

When Elizabeth Mariah Welch was born on 4 February 1880, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, her father, Benjamin Franklyn Welch, was 29 and her mother, Margaret Ann Virginia Burchfield, was 31. She married Joseph R Southern on 30 May 1899, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Civil District 6, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1900 and Civil District 1, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States in 1910. She died on 24 January 1916, in Claiborne, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Cave Spring, Claiborne, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph R Southern
1871–1954
Elizabeth Mariah Welch
1880–1916
Marriage: 30 May 1899
Lawrence William Southern
1900–1935
Flora Ellen Southern
1903–1968
Margaret Southern
1905–1980
Bennie Mae Southern
1908–1950
Leland Frank Southern
1910–1967

Sources (11)

  • Lizzie Southern in household of Joseph Southern, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Lizzie Mich, "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002"
  • Elizabeth Welch, "Tennessee, Deaths, 1914-1966"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Welsh or Walsh , an ethnic name for someone of Welsh origin. This is the usual form of the surname in England; the usual form in Ireland is Walsh and in Scotland Welsh .

German: variant of Welk .

Americanized form of German Welsch .

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

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