Elizabeth or Betsey Closs

Brief Life History of Elizabeth or Betsey

Elizabeth or Betsey Closs was born about 1805, in Fowler, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. She married James W. Lake in 1824, in Spragueville, Rossie, St. Lawrence, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. She died before 1850.

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Family Time Line

James W. Lake
1797–1860
Elizabeth or Betsey Closs
1805–1850
Marriage: 1824
John Isaac Lake
1830–1904
Christopher Lake
William H. Lake
1832–1908
Sarah Elizabeth Lake
1835–1908
Henrietta Jane Lake
1838–
Daniel Joseph Lake
1841–1894
George Lake
1843–1862
Lucinda Helen Lake
1845–
Alexander Wallace Lake
1847–1928

Sources (4)

  • Legacy NFS Source: Elizabeth Claus or Closs - Individual or family possessions: Handwritten information: birth-name: Elizabeth Claus or Closs
  • Betsey C Lake in entry for Daniel Lake, "New York, Church and Civil Deaths, 1824-1962"
  • Betsey C. Lake in entry for Daniel Lake, "New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

Name Meaning

German: variant of Kloss and, in North America, (also) an altered form of this. It is also found in France (Lorraine).

English: variant of Close , once common in Caernarvonshire, Wales.

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

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