Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann
Elizabeth Ann Whittington was born in 1813, in Randolph, North Carolina, United States as the daughter of Thomas Whittington. She married Jesse Needham on 9 October 1828, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 daughters. She lived in Ashe, North Carolina, United States in 1850. She died in 1913, in Jefferson, Ashe, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 100.
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- Elizabeth Neadham in household of Jesse Neadham, "United States Census, 1850"
- Patsey Ann Whalley, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "
- Elizabeth Neadham in the 1850 United States Federal Census
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World Events (8)
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.
1830 · Trail of Tears
In the 1830's, President Jackson called for all the Native Americans to be forced off their own land. As the Cherokee were forced out of North Carolina many of them hid in the mountains of North Carolina.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from any of a large number of places called Whittington, for example in Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Northumberland. Most of these places are named with the Old English personal name Hwīta + Old English connective -ing- + tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, meaning ‘Hwīta's settlement’ or ‘settlement associated with Hwīta’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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