Eliza Donahey

Brief Life History of Eliza

When Eliza Donahey was born on 13 September 1858, in Blairsville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, James D Donahey, was 55 and her mother, Mariah Bills, was 40. She married Nicholas Bennett in 1877, in Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Pennsylvania, United States in 1870. She died on 24 November 1929, in Burrell Township, Armstrong, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Blairsville, Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nicholas Bennett
1852–1918
Eliza Donahey
1858–1929
Marriage: 1877
Grace Bennett
1878–1954
James Donahue Bennett
1879–1951
Mabel Edna Bennett
1880–1972
Rhoda Virginia Bennett
1882–1962
Margaret Marie Bennett
1884–1975
Arthur Milton Bennett
1887–1958
Susan Amanda Bennett
1892–1961
Marion Lee Bennett
1894–1957
Wilbert Nicholas Bennett
1898–1961
Raleigh Walter Bennett
1900–1970

Sources (28)

  • Eliza Donaho in household of James Donaho, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Eliza Donehey Bennett, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991"
  • Eliza Donahey Bennett, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

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.

Name Meaning

Irish: variant of Donahue .

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

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