Brief Life History of Eliza Jane
When Eliza Jane Tobin was born in 1854, in Saline, Missouri, United States, her father, David M Tobin, was 25 and her mother, Elizabeth Ann Sweeney, was 20. She married Elijah P. Gwinn on 27 February 1873, in Doniphan, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Iowa Township, Doniphan, Kansas, United States in 1880 and Cambridge Township, Saline, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died in 1923, in Slater, Saline, Missouri, United States, at the age of 69, and was buried in Slater, Saline, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Eliza J. Guinn in household of Elijah Guinn, "United States Census, 1880"
- Jennie E Tobin, "Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911"
- Eliza Jennie Tobin Gwinn, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
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: Doniphan, Kansas Territory, United States 1861: Doniphan, Kansas, United States
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
Irish (of Norman origin): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Tóibín, which is itself a shortened Gaelicized form of a Norman French habitational name from Saint-Aubin in Brittany (so called from the dedication of its church to Saint Albinus, see Albin ).
English (Lancashire): from a pet form of the personal name Tobias or Toby .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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A brief history of John Tobin (this copy was given to me by my cousin Donna)
John Tobin was born in Washington County, Kentucky in late 1799. John grew up in Cumberland County and in the early 1820's married Eliza McNeeley. In the 1830 census they already had a boy and a gir …
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