Elizabeth Slimg

Femaleabout 1811–

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

Elizabeth Slimg was born about 1811, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom. She married Stephen Rushton in 1832, in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom.

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Stephen Rushton
1807–
Elizabeth Slimg
1811–
Marriage: 1832

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  • Marriage
    1832Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  • World Events (3)

    1815

    Age 4

    The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.

    1821 · New Ouse Bridge Completed

    Age 10

    The original Ouse Bridge collapsed in 1154 under the weight of a crowd that was on it. In 1367, after the bridge had been replaced with stone and became the site of the first public toilets. In 1564-1565 the bridge was finally done being repaired. In 1810 and 1818 the bridge was dismantled to make way for a new Ouse Bridge design and completed in 1821.

    1823

    Age 12

    Rugby Football 'invented' at Rugby School.

    Name Meaning

    Americanized form of German Schlimp, a nickname for a bent or bad person, from Middle High German slimp ‘crooked, wrong, bad’.

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

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