Brief Life History of Elizabeth
When Elizabeth Granger was born on 11 October 1792, in Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, her father, Bildad Granger Jr., was 26 and her mother, Hannah Calkins, was 25. She married Dr. Evert Denton. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She died in 1823, at the age of 31, and was buried in Chardon, Geauga, Ohio, United States.
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- Elizabeth Granger, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
- Elizabeth Granger Denton, "Find A Grave Index"
- Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Granger - Church record: Christening record or certificate: christening: 18 November 1792; Suffield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States
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World Events (8)
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
1802 · Brass is Discovered
"In 1802, brass was identified in Waterbury, Connecticut. This gave the city the nickname ""The Brass City."" Brass dominated the city and helped to create the city. The motto of the city is Quid Aere Perennius, which means What is more lasting than brass? in Latin."
Name Meaning
English (of Norman origin): occupational name for a farm bailiff, responsible for overseeing the collection of rent in kind into the barns and storehouses of the lord of the manor. This official had the Anglo-Norman French title grainger, Old French grangier, from Late Latin granicarius, a derivative of granica ‘granary’ (see Grange ).
French: from Old French grangier (see 1 above), an occupational name for an owner of a granary or a status name for a tenant farmer, a sharecropper.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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