Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Clifton was born on 27 July 1829, in Bexhill, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Clifton, was 55 and her mother, Elizabeth Snipe, was 47. She married James Ransom about 1846, in Bexhill, Sussex, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She immigrated to United States in 1854. She died on 15 June 1854, in Westport, Jackson, Missouri, United States, at the age of 24, and was buried in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States.
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- Elizabeth Ransom in household of James Ransom, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- Elizabeth Clifton, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Elizabeth Ransom Clifton, "Find A Grave Index"
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1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of the very numerous places called Clifton, from Old English clif ‘slope’ (see Cliff ) + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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