Anna Elizabeth Johns

Brief Life History of Anna Elizabeth

Ann Elizabeth Johns Markham Wood, Born on September 11, 1880 at Spanish Fork, a daughter of William Robert Johns and Annie Llewelyn Johns. She married Stephen Timothy Markham. Her husband died on April 11, 1908 at Salt Lake City, Utah. Together they had four known children: Lilly Fern Markham (1898-1957); Winifred L. Markham (1900-1950); John Clifford Markham (1903-1973) and Marguerette Markham (1906-1914). Stephen died on April 11, 1909 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Ann was also married to Robert Wood (1880-). She passed away July 12, 1921 at Spanish Fork, Utah.

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Family Time Line

Stephen Markham
1880–1909
Anna Elizabeth Johns
1880–1921
Marriage: 22 August 1898
Lillie Fern Markham
1898–1957
Winifred Markham
1900–1950
John Clifford Markham
1903–1973
Marguerite Markham
1906–1914

Sources (36)

  • Anna E Markham, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Anna E Markham, "Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941"
  • Anna Elizabeth Wood, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English and Welsh: variant of John with genitival or excrescent -s, or a variant of Jones . It is common in Cornwall and Devon, south Wales, the West Midlands and Lancashire. In North America, this surname has absorbed cognates from other languages, such as Albanian Gjonaj or any other Albanian patronymic from the personal name Gjon ‘John’ and its variants or derivatives; see also examples at Johnson .

German: patronymic from John or a shortened form of Johannes .

Americanized form of Swiss German Schantz .

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

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