Brief Life History of Elizabeth J
When Elizabeth J Maffitt was born in September 1850, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Robert Grier Maffett, was 27 and her mother, Matilda G Tomb, was 25. She lived in Watson Township, Lycoming, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died on 10 February 1883, at the age of 32.
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Sources (4)
- Eliza J Maffet, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth Jane Maffet, "Pennsylvania, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Births and Baptisms, 1520-1999"
- Elizabeth Maffit in household of Robert Maffit, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (6)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.
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.
Name Meaning
Scottish: see Moffat .
Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland © University of the West of England 2016
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