When Elizabeth Elton was born about 1813, in Evesbatch, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Elton, was 37 and her mother, Ann Meyrick, was 32. She married Richard Woodyatt on 3 December 1835, in Castle Frome, Herefordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dixon, Lee, Illinois, United States for about 10 years. She died after 31 May 1860, in United States.
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The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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Historical Boundaries: 1829: Jo Daviess, Illinois, United States 1836: Ogle, Illinois, United States 1839: Lee, Illinois, United States
English: habitational name from any of several places called Elton (Berkshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Durham, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Lancashire, and Nottinghamshire). The Eltons in Chesire, Derbyshire, and Durham are from Old English ǣl ‘eel’ + tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’. Elton in Berkshire is from the Old English female personal name Æthelflǣd (composed of the elements æthel ‘noble’ + flǣd ‘beauty’). Both Elton in Herefordshire and in Nottinghamshire are from the Old English personal name Ella + tūn. The Berkshire origin for the surname is especially well represented.
Norwegian: habitational name from a farm name in eastern Norway, in Old Norse Elgjartún ‘enclosed sacred place’ (or fenced in for elg ‘moose’?).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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