Brief Life History of Eliza Jane
When Eliza Jane Downing was born on 23 August 1852, in Hancock, Ohio, United States, her father, Isaac Downing, was 25 and her mother, Saloma Green, was 21. She lived in Morris, Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States in 1865 and Neosho Township, Morris, Kansas, United States in 1870. She died on 10 August 1871, in Morris, Kansas, United States, at the age of 18, and was buried in Kelso, Morris, Kansas, United States.
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- Eliza Downing in household of J Downing, "United States Census, 1870"
- Eliza Jane Downing, "Find A Grave Index"
- Eliza Jane Downing in household of Isaac Downing, "Kansas State Census, 1865"
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1854
Bleeding Kansas was a time period between the years 1854 and 1861 with a series of violent confrontations over whether slavery would be legal in Kansas Territory.
1855
Historical Boundaries: 1855: Wise, Kansas Territory, United States 1859: Morris, Kansas Territory, United States* 1861: Morris, Kansas, United States *Wise renamed Morris in 1859
1859
Historical Boundaries: 1859: Wyandotte, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Wyandotte, Kansas, United States
Name Meaning
Irish (Cork and Kerry): sometimes of English origin, but in County Kerry it is usually an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Duinnín (see Dineen ).
English: from the Middle English personal name Dun(n)ing, Douning (Old English Dunning, a derivative of Old English Dunna (see Dunn ).
English (Devon): topographic name for someone who lived on the hill, an -ing derivative of Middle English doun ‘hill’, equivalent to Downer . This formation is characteristic of Devon (compare Brooking ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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