Elizabeth Carr Stillman

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Carr

When Elizabeth Carr Stillman was born on 23 May 1848, in Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States, her father, Amos Stillman, was 40 and her mother, Hanna Carr, was 37. She married Samuel M Bingham on 27 December 1881, in Washington, Rhode Island, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 daughters. She died on 12 October 1939, in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States, at the age of 91.

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Family Time Line

Samuel M Bingham
1854–1926
Elizabeth Carr Stillman
1848–1939
Marriage: 27 December 1881
Margaret Maxwell Bingham
1884–1951
Elizabeth Howard Bingham
1885–1954
Martha Bingham
1888–1918

Sources (8)

  • Elizabeth C Bingham in household of Samuel M Bingham, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Elizabeth C Bingham, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"
  • Lizzie C Stillman in household of Amos Stillman, "United States Census, 1870"

World Events (8)

1850

Historical Boundaries: 1850: San Diego, California, United States

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of German Stillmann: variant of Still .

Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname or artificial name from German still ‘calm, quiet’ + Mann ‘man’ (Yiddish shtil + man).

English: topographic name for someone who lived by a stile or steep ascent, from Middle English stile, stigel, stighel, steghel ‘stile; steep ascent’ (Old English stigel, stigol) + -man. See also Stile and compare Stiller .

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

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