Elizabeth Ann Broughton

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann

When Elizabeth Ann Broughton was born on 20 January 1874, in Grand Rapids, Kent, Michigan, United States, her father, Sidney Broughton, was 26 and her mother, Abigail Board, was 20. She married Leonard Henry Dame on 26 October 1896, in Mesa, Colorado, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Rosita, Custer, Colorado, United States in 1880. She died on 25 May 1938, in Boulder, Boulder, Colorado, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Collbran, Mesa, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Leonard Henry Dame
1866–1941
Elizabeth Ann Broughton
1874–1938
Marriage: 26 October 1896
Merle S Dame
1898–1904
Willard Roscoe Dame
1900–1923
La Verne Abby Dame
1902–1976
Milton John Dame
1905–1988
Ronald Alton Dame
1910–1984

Sources (9)

  • Elizabeth Dame in household of Lemont Dame, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Elizabeth Broughton, "Michigan, Births, 1867-1902"
  • Broughton in entry for Ronald Alton Dame, "California Death Index, 1940-1997"

World Events (8)

1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

1877

Historical Boundaries: 1877: Custer, Colorado, United States

1891

Historical Boundaries: 1891: Mesa, Colorado, United States

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from any of the many places in all parts of England called Broughton. The first element is variously Old English brōc ‘brook’, burg ‘fortress’, or beorg ‘hill, mound’; the second is in all cases Old English tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.

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

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