Brief Life History of Elizabeth B
When Elizabeth B Plaisted was born in July 1875, in York, York, Maine, United States, her father, Lyman Plaisted, was 40 and her mother, Emily Norman, was 38. She married Edmund A Welch on 4 April 1898, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She died in 1959, at the age of 84, and was buried in York, York, Maine, United States.
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- Lizzie B Welch in household of Edmund A Welch, "United States Census, 1940"
- Lizzie B. Plaisted, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
- Lizzie B Plaisted Welch, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1876 · The First Worlds Fair in the U.S.
The First official World's Fair, was held to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. 37 Countries provided venues for all to see.
1876 · The Battle of Little Bighorn
An armed conflict between the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry of the US Army. The battle was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.
1898 · War with the Spanish
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
English (mainly Kent): topographic name from Middle English plei(e) ‘play, game, performance’ + stede ‘place, location’ (Old English plegstede, plægstede). The surname may be for someone who lived near a place for physical or theatrical play, or from a place so named, such as Chapel Plaster in Wiltshire. Compare Plaster 2.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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