Elizabeth D. Staley

Female1858–

Brief Life History of Elizabeth D.

When Elizabeth D. Staley was born in 1858, in Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Adam Staley, was 24 and her mother, Anna Bringhurst, was 33. She lived in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1870 and West Chester, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

Adam Staley
1835–
Anna Bringhurst
1825–
Elizabeth D. Staley
1858–
Joseph Staley
1860–
Barbara Staley
1862–
Edward N. Staley
1864–

Sources (3)

  • Elizabeth Stayley in household of Adam Stayley, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Elizabeth Staley in household of Adam Staley, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lizzie D Stayley in household of Adam Stayley, "United States Census, 1880"

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Siblings (4)

World Events (8)

1863

Age 5

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

1863 · Battle of Gettysburg

Age 5

The three day Battle of Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest of the American Civil War. Between the Confederates and Unions, somewhere between 46,000 and 51,000 people died that day.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

Age 32

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from Staveley in Derbyshire, Stayley in Lancashire (now called Stalybridge in Greater Manchester), or perhaps Staveley (Westmorland), Staveley (Lancashire), or Staveley (Yorkshire). The placenames all derive from Old English stæf ‘staff, stave, rod’ (genitive plural stafa) + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Staveley .

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

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