Eliza Ann Tomlin

Brief Life History of Eliza Ann

When Eliza Ann Tomlin was born on 28 June 1868, in Boyd, Kentucky, United States, her father, James P. Tomlin, was 24 and her mother, Minerva Jane Lewis, was 21. She married Thomas Jefferson Lester on 9 March 1887, in Catlettsburg, Boyd, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Mountain View, Whatcom, Washington, United States in 1910 and Beaver, Clallam, Washington, United States in 1930. She died on 23 September 1939, in Ferndale, Whatcom, Washington, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Ferndale, Whatcom, Washington, United States.

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Family Time Line

Thomas Jefferson Lester
1864–1913
Eliza Ann Tomlin
1868–1939
Marriage: 9 March 1887
Mary Jane Lester
1887–1962
Bessie Lou Lester
1889–1907
Frederick Leland Lester
1891–1973
Carl Edward Lester
1896–1960
Belva Grace Lester
1898–1995
William Anderson Lester
1907–1988

Sources (28)

  • Eliza A Tomlin in household of Jas P Tomlin, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Eliza Ann Tomlin - birth: about 1869; Kentucky, United States
  • Liza Ann Tomlin, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1872

1872: Whatcom, Washington Territory, United States; 1889: Whatcom, Washington, United States

1889

Historical Boundaries 1889: Clallam, Washington, United States

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name T(h)omelin, a double diminutive of T(h)om(me) (see Thom ), itself a pet form of Thomas .

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

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