Brief Life History of Elizabeth Louisa
When Elizabeth Louisa Patterson was born on 27 November 1843, in Spencer, Kentucky, United States, her father, William W Patterson, was 20 and her mother, Martha Ann Cheek, was 17. She married John H. Cariss on 8 December 1867, in Shelby, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Southville, Shelby, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States in 1910. She died on 11 July 1915, in Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Louisa Patterson in household of William Patterson, "United States Census, 1850"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Louisa Patterson - Government record: Census record: birth-name: Elizabeth Louisa Patterson
- Bettie Patterson, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
Spouse and Children
1845–1921 Male
about 1843–1915 Female
Children (3)
1867–1949 Male
1873–1955 Male
1879– Female
Parents and Siblings
1823–1857 Male
1826–1911 Female
Siblings (4)
about 1843–1915 Female
1847–1945 Male
1850–1911 Male
1858– Female
World Events (8)
1846
Age 3
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
Age 7
1862 · Battle of Perryville
Age 19
Name Meaning
Scottish and northern English: variant of Patrickson ‘son of Patrick ’, which was either shortened to Patrison and metathesized to Patterson, or shortened from Paterickson to Patterson.
Irish: in Ulster, this name is of English or Scottish origin, but in County Galway, it was also taken by bearers of the Gaelic name Ó Caisín ‘descendant of the little curly-headed one’ (from Gaelic casín ‘curly’), which is usually Anglicized as Cussane. In addition to the confusion between Irish Gaelic casín ‘curly’ and cosán ‘path’, there has also been an erroneous assumption that the English name Patterson is somehow derived from the English word path.
English: 19th-century variant of Patteson, a shortened form of Pattinson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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