Elizabeth Seberell Janes

Brief Life History of Elizabeth Seberell

When Elizabeth Seberell Janes was born on 24 August 1855, in Twin Township, Ross, Ohio, United States, her father, Joseph W Janes, was 36 and her mother, Lucinda Cutright, was 38. She married Pvt. Andrew Cork Alexander on 23 August 1883, in Ross, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Paxton Township, Ross, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Scioto Township, Ross, Ohio, United States for about 20 years. She died on 18 April 1936, in Bourneville, Ross, Ohio, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in Bourneville, Ross, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Pvt. Andrew Cork Alexander
1852–1924
Elizabeth Seberell Janes
1855–1936
Marriage: 23 August 1883
Lucinda Alexander
1886–1900
Adam Gregg Alexander Sr.
1891–1967

Sources (14)

  • Elizabeth Janes in household of Joseph Janes, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Lizzie James, "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958"
  • Lizzie James Alexander, "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

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

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (southern): variant of Jane , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s (see Jayne ).

Slovenian and Croatian (of Slovenian origin) (Janeš): variant of Slovenian Janež, from an old equivalent of the Latin personal name Johannes (see John ), or a topographic name or metonymic occupational name from janež ‘anise’. Compare Yanes .

Czech (Janeš, Jáneš): from a pet form of the personal name Jan .

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

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