Brief Life History of Elizabeth Ann
Elizabeth Ann Bell was born on 26 November 1884, in Durham, England, United Kingdom as the daughter of Joseph Bell and Ann Dixon. She married Edward Gardner before 1916. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She immigrated to United States in 1892. She died on 8 January 1965, in South Fork, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 80, and was buried in South Fork, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- Elizabeth Holland in household of Thomas Holland, "United States Census, 1940"
- Elizabeth Ball in entry for Joseph Ellis Holland and Josephine Swigzda, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Elizabeth Holland in household of Thomas Holland, "United States Census, 1930"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1905 · The Movie Theater
The world’s first movie theater was located in Pittsburgh. It was referred to as a nickelodeon as at the time it only cost 5 cents to get in.
1906 · Saving Food Labels
The first of many consumer protection laws which ban foreign and interstate traffic in mislabeled food and drugs. It requires that ingredients be placed on the label.
Name Meaning
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from the Middle English personal name Bell. As a man's name this is from Old French beu, bel ‘handsome’, which was also used as a nickname. As a female name it represents a short form of Isabel .
English (northern) and Scottish (Lowlands): from Middle English belle ‘bell’ (Old English belle), in various applications; most probably a metonymic occupational name for a bell ringer or bell maker, or a topographic name for someone living ‘at the bell’ (as attested by 14th-century forms such as John atte Belle). This indicates either residence by an actual bell (e.g. a town's bell in a bell tower, centrally placed to summon meetings, sound the alarm, etc.) or ‘at the sign of the bell’, i.e. a house or inn sign (although surnames derived from house and inn signs are rare in Scots and English).
English: from Middle English bel ‘fair, fine, good’ (Old French bel ‘beautiful, fair’). See also Beal 1.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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