Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth North was born on 7 July 1822, in Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, her father, William North, was 28 and her mother, Minerva Webster, was 23. She married Charles Avery Belnap on 10 August 1840. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Williamsfield Township, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 20 January 1892, in Williamsfield, Ashtabula, Ohio, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Ashtabula, Ohio, United States.
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- Elizabeth Belknap in household of Charles Belknap, "United States Census, 1870"
- Elizabeth North, "Find A Grave Index"
- Elizabeth North in entry for Gertrude I Betts, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"
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1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1826
Williamsfield was detached [from Wayne] and organized as a separate township in 1826, and an election held for township officers on the 3d day of April of that year.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name from Middle English north ‘north’, denoting someone who had migrated from the north, especially someone from northern England living in the south of the country. It may also have been used to denote someone living in the northern part of a settlement or region.
Irish: in Ireland, adopted for Mac an Ultaigh ‘son of the Ulsterman’, Ulster being the northern part of Ireland.
German: from a short form of an ancient Germanic personal name composed with a cognate of Old High German nord ‘north’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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