Elizabeth J. Fowler

Brief Life History of Elizabeth J.

When Elizabeth J. Fowler was born on 10 March 1848, in Lutesville, Bollinger, Missouri, United States, her father, David Fowler, was 37 and her mother, Martha Rosetta Cooper, was 33. She married Isaac William Ford on 28 March 1869, in Bollinger, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Wayne, Missouri, United States in 1850 and Liberty Township, Bollinger, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 6 April 1936, in Chatsworth, Livingston, Illinois, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Bollinger, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Isaac William Ford
1845–1922
Elizabeth J. Fowler
1848–1936
Marriage: 28 March 1869
Ortin Eleazer Ford
1870–1911
Charles Ford
1875–
Thomas Hiram Ford
1880–
Ellen Ford
1871–1926
William Jasper Ford
1875–1944
John Monroe Ford Sr
1880–1956
Hubert Hiram Ford
1885–
Mary Jane Ford
1887–1949
Minta E. Ford
1889–1921

Sources (15)

  • Isibelle Ford in household of Isic W Ford, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Elizabeth Ford, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Elizabeth Fowler, "Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920"

World Events (8)

1859

Historical Boundaries: 1859: Livingston, Illinois, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1871

In 1871, a cow kicked over a lantern, causing a fire that burned down half of Chicago. Today this city is the third largest in the US.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name for a fowler, a hunter or trapper of wild birds (a common medieval occupation), from Middle English fogheler, fugheler (Old English fugelere, a derivative of fugol ‘bird’).

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

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