Elizabeth Lawrence

21 July 1819–22 April 1898 (Age 78)
Highland, Ohio, United States

The Life Summary of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Lawrence was born on 21 July 1819, in Highland, Ohio, United States. She married Jonathan Yankie about 1851, in Franklin Township, Adams, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Franklin Township, Adams, Ohio, United States for about 10 years and Bratton Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1880. She died on 22 April 1898, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Jonathan Yankie
1806–1896
Elizabeth Lawrence
1819–1898
Marriage: about 1851
Jonathan Yankie
1852–
Margaret O Yankie
1862–1862
Nelson Ferdinand Yankie
1864–1931

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1851Franklin Township, Adams, Ohio, United States
    • Children

    (3)

    World Events (7)

    1820 · Making States Equal
    Age 1
    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
    1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
    Age 17
    On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
    1846
    Age 27
    U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English and Old French personal name Lorens, Laurence, from Latin Laurentius ‘man from Laurentum’, a place in Italy probably named from its laurels or bay trees. The name was borne by a Christian saint who was martyred at Rome in the 3rd century AD ; he enjoyed a considerable cult throughout Europe, with consequent popularity of the personal name (French Laurent, Italian, Spanish Lorenzo, Catalan Llorenç, Portuguese Lourenço, German Laurenz, Polish Wawrzyniec, etc.). In Britain this is a common name from the 12th century, with pet forms such as Law , Low , Lawrie , Laurie , Larry , Larkin , all of which are represented in surnames. There was also a feminine form Laurencia which may have given rise to the English surname. The surname is also borne by Jews among whom it is presumably an Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Ashkenazic surnames. In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed many cognates from other languages, e.g. German Lorenz , and also their patronymics and other derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Lavrenčič and Lovrenčič (patronymics from Lavrencij and Lovrenc, equivalents of Lawrence), Polish Wawrzyniak . Compare Larrance , Laurence , Lawerence , Lieurance , and Lowrance .

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

    Possible Related Names

    Lafrenz
    Lawerence
    Lorenson
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    Llorens
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    Lovric
    McLaren
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    Sources (6)

    • Elizabeth Yankey in household of Johnathan Yankey, "United States Census, 1860"
    • Elizabeth Laurence, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
    • Elizabeth Yankey in household of Jonathan Yankey, "United States Census, 1870"

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