Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Wakefield was born about 1839, in Vermont, United States, her father, Oliver Wakefield, was 39 and her mother, Eliza Fairbanks, was 29. She lived in Portville, Portville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1855 and Portville, Cattaraugus, New York, United States in 1860.
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Family Time Line
Sources (3)
- Eliza Wakefield in household of Oliver Wakefield, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elira Wakefield in household of Oliver Wakefield, "New York State Census, 1855"
- Eliza Wakefield in household of Oliver Wakefield, "United States Census, 1860"
Parents and Siblings
1802–1865 Male
1811–1895 Female
Siblings (5)
1837–1916 Male
1838– Male
1839– Female
1855–1881 Female
1856–1922 Female
World Events (8)
1846
Age 7
1864 · St. Albans Raid
Age 25
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 31
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from the city of Wakefield in Yorkshire and from Wakefield Lawn in Potterspury (Northamptonshire). Both are named from the Old English personal name Waca or Old English wacu ‘wake, festival’ + feld ‘open country’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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