Amelia Elizabeth Northway

Brief Life History of Amelia Elizabeth

When Amelia Elizabeth Northway was born in January 1868, in Tavistock, Devon, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Denley Northway, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Rapson, was 21. She married William George on 2 June 1885, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She immigrated to Quebec City, Quebec, Canada in 1914 and lived in New Haven, Connecticut, United States in 1920 and Stony Creek, Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States for about 5 years. She died on 1 May 1956, in Branford, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

William George
1858–
Amelia Elizabeth Northway
1868–1956
Marriage: 2 June 1885
Annie Olive George
1886–1971
Bessie F. George
1893–1974
Grace George
1897–
William Henry George
1899–1940

Sources (22)

  • Millie George, "United States, Census, 1920"
  • Amelia Elizabeth Northway, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Amelia Northway, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

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Name Meaning

English: habitational name from one or more of the minor places called with Middle English bi northe weie ‘(place) to the north of the way or road’, including Northway in Monkleigh, Widecombe in the Moor, and Parkham, Norway in Whitestone, Narraway in Drewsteignton (all Devon), and Northway in Halse (Somerset).

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

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