Brief Life History of Elizabeth T
When Elizabeth T Childs was born on 31 March 1792, in Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Joseph L. Childs Jr, was 23 and her mother, Amy Tripp Strange, was 19. She married George Pearse on 12 September 1812. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States in 1850. She died on 16 December 1854, at the age of 62, and was buried in Juniper Hill Cemetery, Bristol, Bristol, Rhode Island, United States.
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- Elisabeth G Pearse in household of George Pearse, "United States Census, 1850"
- Elizabeth T Childs Pearse, "Find a Grave Index"
- Elizabeth C. Pierce in entry for Hannah Kenyon, "Rhode Island Town Deaths Index, 1639-1932"
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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.
1811 · USS Revenge
On January 9, 1811, the USS Revenge hits a reef off of Watch Hill, Rhode Island. The load the ship is carrying is handed off to other ships and the USS Revenge is tied down by tow ropes. It brakes free from the ropes and later sinks. In 2011 divers find what are believed to be the remains of the ship.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Child , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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