Eliza Ann McClung

Female1805–18 October 1861

Brief Life History of Eliza Ann

When Eliza Ann McClung was born in 1805, in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, United States, her father, William McClung, was 75 and her mother, Rebecca Linn, was 74. She died on 18 October 1861, in her hometown, at the age of 56.

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Family Time Line

William McClung
1730–1813
Rebecca Linn
1732–
John McClung
1795–1856
Westley McClurg
1799–
William Wilson McClung
1802–
Eliza Ann McClung
1805–1861

Sources (6)

  • Eliza A Mcclung in household of John Mcclung, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Eliza Ann Mcclung, "Delaware Death Records, 1855-1961"
  • Eliza Ann McClung, "Delaware Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (4)

World Events (7)

1808

Age 3

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1814 · Treaty of Ghent Signed

Age 9

The Treaty of Ghent was signed on 1814, ending the War of 1812. One of the signers was James Bayard of Delaware.

1820 · Making States Equal

Age 15

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

Scottish or Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Luinge ‘son of Lunge’, a personal name probably meaning ‘seafarer’, although the literal meaning is ‘ship’, from Latin navis longa.

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

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