Elizabeth Ellen Bennett

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ellen

When Elizabeth Ellen Bennett was born on 22 May 1876, in Snow Shoe, Centre, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, John Thomas Bennett Sr., was 24 and her mother, Margaret E Watkins, was 13. She married Samuel Bloom on 14 February 1898, in Tyrone, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Antis, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years and Antis Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States in 1940. She died on 12 December 1942, in Tipton, Antis Township, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Bellwood, Blair, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

David William Otto
1868–1948
Elizabeth Ellen Bennett
1876–1942
Marriage: 15 March 1916
Ruth Margaret Bloom Bennett
1900–1952
William John Otto
1916–1979
Jessie Pearl Otto
1918–1958

Sources (17)

  • Lizzie Bloom in household of Warren Stewart, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Lizzie Bennett, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
  • Ellen Otto, "Pennsylvania, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945"

World Events (8)

1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad

Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English: from the medieval personal name Benedict , from Latin Benedictus ‘blessed’. In the 12th century the Latin form of the name is found in England alongside versions derived from the Old French form Beneit, Benoit, which was common among the Normans. The surname has also been established in Ireland since the 14th century.

German: from a short form of the personal name Bernhard .

Altered form of French Benet or Bennet or of some other similar (like-sounding) French surname. Altered ending reflects the Canadian and American French practice of sounding the final -t.

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

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Elizabeth Ellen Bennett

February 11, 2010 Elizabeth Ellen was born in Snow Shoe , Centre County, Pennsylvania on the 22nd of May 1876. Curtain Furnace has also been identified in reference to her birth, but I was unable to f …

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