When Elizabeth Hopkins was born on 27 October 1845, in Benton Township, Des Moines, Iowa, United States, her father, William Joseph Hopkins, was 23 and her mother, Miriam Elizabeth Roberts, was 24. She married John W. Dougherty on 5 January 1865, in Story, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Eden Township, Lincoln, South Dakota, United States in 1900 and Fairview, Lincoln, South Dakota, United States in 1910. She died on 9 January 1918, in Lennox, Lincoln, South Dakota, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa, United States.
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U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Historical Boundaries: 1846: Story, Iowa, United States
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
English and Welsh (Glamorgan): variant of Hopkin with genitival or excrescent -s. In Ireland, where the name is also frequent, it is sometimes Gaelicized as Mac Oibicín.
History: Stephen Hopkins (c. 1580–1644) was a pilgrim on the Mayflower in 1620 and one of the founders of Plymouth Colony. At his death he left seven children and eighteen grandchildren.
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